Mining Incidents

Alton PMD Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Samuel S Sargent
Alton, Penobscot County, ME  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1700953

Alton PMD has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
8
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,216
proposed penalties
$1,216
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
15
inspections on record
125
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: 125 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Alton PMD has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-30.
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 623 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 709 2 1 2820.9
2025 Q2 687 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 192 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 641 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,026 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 713 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 683 0 0 0.0
Show 33 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 743 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 634 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 694 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 689 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 333 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 700 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,003 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,150 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 682 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 911 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,079 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 626 2 1 3194.9
2019 Q3 698 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 663 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 561 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 769 2 1 2600.8
2018 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 465 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 312 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 662 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 279 1 0 3584.2
2016 Q3 419 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 73 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 502 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,104 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 773 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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