J W Ready Mix & Construction Inc: 52 MSHA citations operator
Controlled by
Patricia Wirtjers
MSHA operator ID: L08012
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1996–2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
52
citations
11
significant & substantial
$13,730
proposed penalties
$12,250
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,480 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
34
inspections on record
192
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 192 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$14K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $5K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.24.4%
significant & substantial
20.0%
high negligence or reckless
24.4%
reasonably likely or greater
55.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.1% low, 68.9% moderate, 20.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
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A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.Largest penalties this operator contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENT20020088M | Settlement | Feldman | 2002 | $2K → $746 |
| CENT20030009M | Settlement | Zielinski | 2003 | $2K → $1K |
| CENT20020173M | Settlement | Barbour | 2002 | $693 → $220 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Top causes
- MACHINERY 1 non-fatal
- OTHER 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2002
1
1996
1
Mines on record
- WIRTJERS PIT IA
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Where J W Ready Mix & Construction Inc stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate
MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample, score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.
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