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Whales Back Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Bald Mountain LLC · Surface

Controlled by Nate Holyoke

Sullivan, Hancock County, ME · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 1700779

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2007
Latest incident: Feb 2007

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2005

citations

significant & substantial

$2,068

proposed penalties

$1,868

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
2025 Q4	186	0	0.0
2025 Q3	67	0	0.0
2025 Q2	54	1	18518.5
2025 Q1	133	0	0.0
2024 Q4	97	0	0.0
2024 Q3	115	0	0.0
2024 Q2	123	0	0.0
2024 Q1	75	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

2007 · 1 incident

February 28, 2007 ME · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY

Sullivan Memorial Stone Works LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was cutting granite step material on apron in front of shop/office entrance. Granite slab broke catching employee's finger. Employee suffered laceration of finger and hand and was taken to Maine Coast Memorial Hospital emergency services for treatment.