Mining Incidents

WARDSVILLE PLANT #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Wardsville, Cole County, MO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2300863

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2008–2019
Latest incident
Jul 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
84
citations
19
significant & substantial
$12,327
proposed penalties
$12,327
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
2025 Q4 1,009 1 0 991.1
2025 Q3 1,473 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,122 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,064 2 0 1879.7
2024 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 76 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,727 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 593 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

3 on file

2019 · 1 incident

July 24, 2019 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Capital Sand Company Inc · Struck by falling object

Scrap metal was being drug off of an old barge using chains hooked to a loader. As the metal was being drug off the barge it caught a lip on the barge and caused the piece of metal to pivot upwards and rotate. As it rotated it fell on top of an employee's foot breaking 3 bones. The employee is on light duty at work.

2017 · 1 incident

April 10, 2017 MO · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Sand Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A Miner was attempting to uncoil cable from a suspended spool, when it became disconnected from its rigging, striking the Miner. The Miner sustained neck and leg injuries

2008 · 1 incident

June 13, 2008 MO · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Capital Sand Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Holding a piece of metal while cutting it.