Mining Incidents

Sanford Pit and Mill Metal/Non-Metal

Sanford, York County, ME  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1700130

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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 file

2020 · 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

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.

2004 · 1 incident

September 10, 2004 ME · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
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

November 16, 2000 ME · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
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.