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Ward Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Foley Materials Company · Surface

Controlled by Frank Foley

Shorter, Macon County, AL · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 0103043

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2001–2005
Latest incident: Jun 2005

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$1,819

proposed penalties

$1,819

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1	384	0	0	0.0
2008 Q4	584	0	0	0.0
2008 Q3	647	0	0	0.0
2008 Q2	828	0	0	0.0
2008 Q1	1,600	0	0	0.0
2007 Q3	2,011	0	0	0.0
2007 Q2	282	0	0	0.0
2007 Q1	223	0	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2005 · 1 incident

June 1, 2005 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY

Concrete Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee alleges that he was welding or cutting and sparks went into the air and wind blew them into his ear. Employee states he was wearing appropriate PPE.

2001 · 1 incident

May 4, 2001 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

Concrete Company · Struck against a moving object

DAYTIME OPERATION 2, OPEN AREA AROUND AGGREGATE STICKNILE. WEATHER AND VISIBILITY NOT A FACTOR. INJURED WORKER DROVE TRUCK PERSONAL THROUGH STOCKPILE AREA AND FAILED TO YIELD TO LOADER IN OPER ATION.