Mining Incidents

Whitefield Pit And Mill Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Thomas C Sturgeon
Whitefield, Lincoln County, ME  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1700136

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2021–2025
Latest incident
Aug 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
7
citations
0
significant & substantial
$989
proposed penalties
$989
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 3,077 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,727 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,703 1 0 270.1
2025 Q1 2,719 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,928 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,910 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,376 2 0 592.4
2024 Q1 2,530 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

4 on file

2025 · 1 incident

August 1, 2025 ME · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crooker Construction, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

There was no known event that caused an injury. the employee went to their own doctors because they thought they had appendicitis and turned out to be a hernia that was later determined by the doctors to be work related.

2023 · 2 incidents

August 2, 2023 ME · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crooker Construction, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While installing the guard on the motor on new screen deck with another employee the tip of the right middle finger was crushed and fractured.

June 10, 2023 ME · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crooker Construction, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While removing the old Benshaw soft start, the soft start cabinet tipped into an 8 foot florescent light causing it to shatter and fall and cut one of maintenance personal resulting in stitches.

2021 · 1 incident

October 5, 2021 ME · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crooker Construction, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Moving a water pump over a mound of dirt with another employee and awkwardly moved and strained back.