Mining Incidents

Brandy Brook Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

R J Grondin & Sons · Surface
Controlled by Lawrence Grondin
GORHAM, Cumberland County, ME  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1700736

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2007–2019
Latest incident
Apr 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
40
citations
11
significant & substantial
$5,806
proposed penalties
$5,659
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 2,197 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,664 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,313 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 914 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,292 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,061 2 0 970.4
2024 Q2 1,385 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 576 1 1 1736.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2019 · 1 incident

April 23, 2019 ME · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R J Grondin & Sons · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stepped onto the bumper of the service truck and EE's knee gave out.

2015 · 1 incident

December 28, 2015 ME · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
R J Grondin & Sons · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was swinging a sledge hammer to free a steel component. As the hammer made the upswing it hit a piece of steel causing the hammer to deflect as it traveled back to the ground. The employee was struck by the handle of the sledge hammer in his shin. The result was a bruise that became infected over the weekend.

2014 · 1 incident

August 6, 2014 ME · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R J Grondin & Sons · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a wrench to tighten the bolt that was holding a cutting edge on his loader bucket. The wrench slipped and the employee lost his balance.

2013 · 2 incidents

August 12, 2013 ME · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R J Grondin & Sons · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee slipped on some wet material under the conveyor in the pit in July 2013. He felt fine after the incident and did not report it to the company. The employee started to have some discomfort with his left knee in early August 2013 he was place on work modifications after an MRI on 8/12/2013. with a sprained ACL/PCL Physical Therapy for a treatment plan.

February 20, 2013 ME · Metal/Non-Metal pumper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R J Grondin & Sons · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was welding on the jaw crusher. He stopped welding and lifted his hood to remove some slag and a hot metal piece hit him in the corner of the eye. The employee returned to the job after being checked out by a doctor that same day.

2011 · 1 incident

November 2, 2011 ME · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R J Grondin & Sons · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

An employee slipped and hurt himself while standing on a wet conveyor belt. The frost had come off of the belt but it was still damp and slippery.

2010 · 1 incident

June 3, 2010 ME · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R J Grondin & Sons · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The employee was lifting a piece of steel out of a steel rack with another employee. He needed to pick his end of the steel up a little to get over a lip at the end of the steel rack and when he did he felt pain in his left arm.

2007 · 1 incident

November 26, 2007 ME · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
R J Grondin & Sons · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Crusher repairs: The supervisor welded a pad eye on the jaw plate and the employee attached a come-along to the pad eye. During the work activity the employee increased the tension on the chain and the weld holding the pad eye in place failed. The chain from the come-along hit the employee's elbow.