Mining Incidents

HEATH QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by C Bruce Plummer
NAPLES, Cumberland County, ME  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1700692

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2002–2006
Latest incident
Aug 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
223
citations
72
significant & substantial
$108,169
proposed penalties
$84,126
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 3,323 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,290 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,729 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,759 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,270 8 4 2446.5
2024 Q3 4,439 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,257 4 0 939.6
2024 Q1 2,208 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

2006 · 1 incident

August 3, 2006 ME · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
P & K Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee did nt feel well earlier in the day. Went up to catwalk to repair weld near screen deck. While walking on screen deck, became dizzy & possibly lost conciousness and fell hitting his head. Required stitches & overnight observation at hospital.

2003 · 1 incident

February 10, 2003 ME · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
P & K Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS ASSISTING IN REMOVING A CONVEYOR HOPPER & CAUGHT HIS THUMB CAUSING A CUT & FRACTURE TO THE UPPER RIGHT THUMB.

2002 · 1 incident

December 9, 2002 ME · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
P & K Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS USING A PRY BAR & IT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO BANG HIS RT. MIDDLE FINGER. (4 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND).