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Portable #50 Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Lane Construction Corp · Surface

Controlled by Lane Industries Inc

Ellsworth, Hancock County, ME · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1700592

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 2002–2003
Latest incident: Jul 2003

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

citations

significant & substantial

$1,270

proposed penalties

$1,270

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	Per 1M hrs
2007 Q2	0	0
2007 Q1	0	0
2006 Q4	172	0	0.0
2006 Q3	2,323	0	0.0
2006 Q2	815	0	0.0
2006 Q1	0	0
2005 Q4	0	0
2005 Q3	3,075	1	325.2

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

2003 · 2 incidents

July 8, 2003 ME · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Lane Construction Corp · No Value Found

THE CRUSHER WAS STOPPED BECAUSE OF A ROCK STUCK IN THE TAIL PULLEY. EMPLOYEE HELPED PRY THE ROCK FROM THE PULLEY AND THEN RESUMED OPERATING THE LOADER UNTIL THE END OF HIS SHIFT. HE NOTICED SO ME STIFFNESS THAT NIGHT AND STATES HE HAD PAIN ON WAKING THE NEXT MORNING. AFTER TWO HOURS OF WORK THE PAIN WAS SO BAD HE COULDN'T CONTINUE & WAS TAKEN FOR MEDICAL EVALUATION.

July 2, 2003 ME · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Lane Construction Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AN OVERSIZE ROCK GOT CAUGHT IN THE JAWS OF THE CRUSHER. EE HAD TO STAND IN THE JAW TO GET A CABLE AROUND THE ROCK SO IT COULD BE REMOVED. WHILE HE WAS IN THE JAW THE ROCKS SHIFTED, AND ONE STR UCK HIM ON THE DORSAL INSTEP OF HIS LEFT FOOT.

2002 · 2 incidents

September 4, 2002 ME · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Lane Construction Corp · Struck against stationary object

EE ALLEGES HE MAY HAVE STRUCK HIS ELBOW WHILE TRYING TO UNPLUG CRUSHER. HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON 9-8-02. ARM SWOLLEN AND INFECTED. HOSPITAL COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE, COULD HAVE BEEN AN INSE CT BITE. EE DID NOT ALLEGE WORK RELATED UNTIL 9-24-02. EE QUIT WHEN TOLD WE WOULD CONTEST THE INJURY AS WORK RELATED.

August 10, 2002 ME · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Lane Construction Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER THAT OVERHEATED. HE REMOVED THE RADIATOR CAP BEFORE ALLOWING THE EQUIPMENT TO COOL.