# Ward Stone

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1201718
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC
- **Location:** Pulaski, IN
- **Operator:** Heidelberg Materials Midwest Agg, Inc.
- **Controller:** Heidelberg Materials AG
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,243
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Heidelberg Materials AG (M00004) → Heidelberg Materials Midwest Agg, Inc. (L16286) → Ward Stone (1201718)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Dale E  Ward → Ward Stone Inc:** 1979-11-01 through 1999-03-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1201718; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **General Dynamics Corp → Hanson Material Service:** 1999-03-15 through 2006-06-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1201718; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hanson PLC → Hanson Material Service:** 2006-06-16 through 2007-08-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1201718; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Heidelberg Materials AG → Hanson Material Service:** 2007-08-23 through 2021-01-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1201718; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Heidelberg Materials AG → Heidelberg Materials Midwest Agg, Inc.:** 2021-02-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1201718; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hanson PLC → Heidelberg Materials Midwest Agg, Inc.:** 2021-02-01 through 2007-08-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1201718; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 14
- Interval anomalies: 1
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 9 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 53 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 119 violation rows across the full record; 25 carry an S&S flag and $38,225 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 18 samples:** Occupational health samples 18 personal. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 7K employee hours and 11 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 49 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 24 contested-violation rows, 24 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 19 since 2021:** Inspections 72 inspection events and 1K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 56.12030 — Correction of dangerous conditions.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12030
- **30 CFR 56.14132 — Horns and backup alarms.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14132
- **30 CFR 56.20003 — Housekeeping.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20003
- **30 CFR 56.18002 — Examination of working places.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-Q/section-56.18002
- **30 CFR 56.11001 — Safe access.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11001
- **30 CFR 56.14107 — Moving machine parts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14107
- **30 CFR 56.12028 — Testing grounding systems.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12028
- **30 CFR 56.11002 — Handrails and toeboards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11002

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 9 rows; 2000-08-31 through 2018-12-07; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2011-12-05 through 2011-12-05; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 119 rows; 2000-04-19 through 2026-02-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 24 rows; 2011-06-23 through 2025-03-13; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2022-06-08 through 2022-06-08; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 24 rows; 2009-10-20 through 2024-07-17; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 359 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 91 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1979-11-01 through 2021-02-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 72 rows; 2000-04-19 through 2026-08-12; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 318 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 81 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Samples:** 18 rows; 2004-06-23 through 2024-07-18; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 119 rows; 2000-04-19 through 2026-02-10; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/ward-stone-1201718`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/ward-stone-1201718`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1201718/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1201718/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1201718/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`