Mining Incidents

A H Grover Inc / Portable Plant Metal/Non-Metal

A H Grover Inc · Surface
Controlled by Benjamin C Grover
NEW GLOUCESTER, Cumberland County, ME  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1700586

A H Grover Inc / Portable Plant has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1988–1998
Latest incident
Apr 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
52
citations
13
significant & substantial
$20,386
proposed penalties
$15,373
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,013 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
52
inspections on record
594
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 594 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

A H Grover Inc / Portable Plant has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 5 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$20K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
46 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-03-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 1,118 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,147 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,121 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 888 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 975 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,007 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,690 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,453 2 1 1376.5
Show 94 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,392 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,989 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,649 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,206 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,152 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 626 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,051 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 995 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,041 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,064 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,733 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,244 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,092 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,296 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,131 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,436 1 0 696.4
2019 Q3 1,103 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,011 1 0 989.1
2019 Q1 991 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 915 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,004 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 883 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,604 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 675 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,055 3 1 2843.6
2017 Q2 1,209 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,380 1 0 724.6
2016 Q3 1,427 1 1 700.8
2016 Q2 1,558 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,034 3 0 1474.9
2015 Q4 2,067 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,727 1 0 579.0
2015 Q2 1,111 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 384 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,475 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 916 3 0 3275.1
2014 Q2 1,392 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 720 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 693 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,506 5 0 3320.1
2013 Q2 1,075 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,019 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,182 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,173 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,145 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 763 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 164 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 792 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,386 7 6 5050.5
2011 Q1 627 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 862 1 0 1160.1
2010 Q3 1,275 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,045 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 915 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,018 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,401 2 0 1427.6
2009 Q2 713 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 894 4 0 4474.3
2008 Q4 1,347 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,485 1 0 673.4
2008 Q2 899 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,248 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,268 2 0 1577.3
2007 Q3 1,143 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 205 3 0 14634.1
2007 Q1 1,138 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,745 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,574 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,114 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 330 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 541 2 1 3696.9
2005 Q3 1,323 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 177 1 0 5649.7
2005 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,158 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,326 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,140 2 0 1754.4
2004 Q1 1,010 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,235 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,640 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,890 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 912 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,200 1 0 833.3
2002 Q3 1,700 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,261 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,400 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,160 1 0 862.1
2001 Q3 1,380 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,190 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,160 4 3 3448.3
2000 Q3 1,345 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,320 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,080 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1998 · 1 incident

April 1, 1998 ME · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A H Grover Inc · Struck against stationary object

CLIMBING DOWN FROM CRUSHER PORTABLE PLANT HIT RIGHT HAND ON METAL OF CRUSHER.

1993 · 1 incident

July 28, 1993 ME · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler POWERED HAULAGE
A H Grover Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS DISLODGING A ROCK FROM CRUSHER & ROCK FELL ON TOP; OF HIS FOOT ACCIDENT WAS NOT WITNESSED

1988 · 1 incident

March 1, 1988 ME · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
A H Grover Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

GOT RIGHT HAND PINCHED BETWEEN CROWBAR AND PIECE OF METAL CUT ON RIGHT HAND NEXT TO LITTLE FINGER.

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