Mining Incidents

BELFAST PIT AND MILL Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Gari P Oxton
BELFAST, Waldo County, ME  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1700252

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2000–2017
Latest incident
Feb 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
64
citations
14
significant & substantial
$7,296
proposed penalties
$7,296
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 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 58 4 0 68965.5
2024 Q3 612 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,241 2 1 1611.6
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 768 1 0 1302.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2017 · 1 incident

February 28, 2017 ME · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
State Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was entering the garage, slipped, fell, scraped nose on Coumadin medication, and had to go to the ER to stop the bleeding.

2016 · 2 incidents

October 25, 2016 ME · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
State Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Stepping out of dump truck, started to fall, grabbed door handle/rail to stop fall, felt something in left shoulder "pop", let go of handle/rail and fell to the ground, resulting in severe pain in left shoulder.

May 31, 2016 ME · Metal/Non-Metal refuse truck driver, backfill truck driver, stock pile truck driver MACHINERY
State Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was grinding a bolt on the stone crusher when the grinder jumped and went across the back of employee's right hand requiring six sutures.

2003 · 1 incident

June 24, 2003 ME · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
State Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

HE WAS WORKING ON THE CRUSHER FEEDER PLATE & CAUGHT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER IN THE CONVEYOR BELT CAUSING THE FINGER TO BE FRACTURED IN THREE PLACES.

2002 · 2 incidents

November 6, 2002 ME · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
State Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROCK WAS STUCK IN HTE CRUSHER. CRUSHER WAS LOCKED OUT, TAGGED OUT & EE WAS TRYING TO MOVE ROCK MANUALLY & IT FELL ONTO IS RIGHT INDEX FINGER. CRUSH INJURY WITH LACERATION REQUIRING SIX SUTURES .

September 16, 2002 ME · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
State Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS REPAIRING/ADJUSTING A SCREEN ON THE CRUSHER PLANT & THE SCREEN GUARD CAME LOOSE & HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FACE BESIDE HIS RIGHT EYE AND AT THE INNER ASPECT UNDER THE RIGHT EYE CLOSE TO THE NOSE & MADE A SMALL KNITTING NEEDLE SIZED PUNCTURE WOUND. WAS EXAMINED BY DR./NO TREATMENT NEEDED.

2000 · 1 incident

January 18, 2000 ME · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
State Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING WITH TWO OTHER MEN RE-BUILDING THE BUILDING NEXT TO THE CRUSHER. ONE OF THE OTHER MEN TOLD EE AND THE OTHER MAN THAT HE WAS TALKING DOWN THE SAFETY RAIL AROUND THE SITE TO PICK UP SOME DEBRIS AND HE TOOK THE RAIL DOWN. THE NEXT THING THEY NEW INJURED WAS FALLING AND THEY WEREN'T SURE WHY. FELL 6-8 FEET.