Mining Incidents

Portable 2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Thomas C Sturgeon
Topsham, Sagadahoc County, ME  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1701042

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2021
Latest incident
Apr 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
9
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,494
proposed penalties
$1,494
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 367 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 524 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 287 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 626 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 447 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 287 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 345 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

2021 · 1 incident

April 22, 2021 ME · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crooker Construction, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Starting up the portable crushing plant for the day. The Belt conveyor was frozen stuck due to cold weather. Two employees were freeing it by pulling on the electric motor drive belt. When the belt came free, injured employee's finger got caught between the sheave and the belt. Resulting in the laceration of the skin and the fracture in the finger.