Mining Incidents

Mills Excavation Inc. Metal/Non-Metal

Vinalhaven, Knox County, ME  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1700696

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2019
Latest incident
Jun 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
67
citations
11
significant & substantial
$10,946
proposed penalties
$10,741
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 1,454 1 0 687.8
2025 Q3 1,435 2 0 1393.7
2025 Q2 1,202 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,024 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,475 4 0 2711.9
2024 Q2 998 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 139 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

1 on file

2019 · 1 incident

June 11, 2019 ME · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Mills Excavation, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Load stuck in dump body when driver was dumping the body and the front wheels lifted off the ground. Then the load dumped, causing the truck to "bounce" hard to the ground. This caused the driver to hit head and wrench shoulder. Driver was wearing seatbelt.