Employee stated on 8/12/2020 that employee felt some lower back pain after shoveling the previous day. After lengthy evaluation, determined to be a pre-existing degenerative disc condition that was aggravated by work activity.
Sanford Pit and Mill Metal/Non-Metal
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2000–2020
- Latest incident
- Aug 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
61
citations
14
significant & substantial
$9,867
proposed penalties
$8,796
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 | 256 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,286 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 426 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 236 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 734 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 587 | 1 | 0 | 1703.6 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1 | 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 file2020 · 1 incident
August 11, 2020
ME · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Genest Concrete Works Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
2004 · 1 incident
Genest Concrete Works Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS USING A HAND WINCH AND THE LOCKING MECHANISM FAILED TO ENGAGE, CAUSING THE HANDLE TO STRIKE HIM IN THE FOREARM.
2000 · 1 incident
Genest Concrete Works Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE WORKER WENT TO CLOS THE DUMP TRUCK GATE. A ROCK WAS WEDGE UN TE GATE AND WHEN HE REMOVED IT THE GATE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS RIGHT HAND, PINCHING HIS LEFT HAND MIDDLE FINGER. FINGER WAS FRACTUR ED AFTER 1ST JOINT.