Mining Incidents

PIONEER CRUSHER #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Houlton, Aroostook County, ME  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1700826

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2011
Latest incident
Oct 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
19
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,135
proposed penalties
$2,135
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 1,164 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,282 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 641 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,319 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,755 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,155 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 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

2011 · 1 incident

October 24, 2011 ME · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Steelstone Industries Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee was using an air gun to loosen bolts on the crushing plant and the air gun blew dirt into his right eye.