Mining Incidents

Astec/Portec Screen #446: 30 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

GORHAM, Cumberland County, ME  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1700611

Astec/Portec Screen #446 has $3K 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 2000
30
citations
4
significant & substantial
$3,247
proposed penalties
$3,247
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
33
inspections on record
281
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: 281 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Astec/Portec Screen #446 has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-11-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
13.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
13.3%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.0% low, 80.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2025-09-30
6
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-07-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-04-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-04-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Shaw Brothers Construction Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 3
2018 3
2017 2
2016 2
2015 3
2014 3
2013 4
2012 4
2011 3
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Astec/Portec Screen #446 sits in Cumberland County, Maine, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Cumberland County, Maine · Population 305,940
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$92,983
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2026 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 251 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 251 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 501 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 151 1 0 6622.5
2024 Q3 326 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 651 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 421 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 551 1 0 1814.9
2023 Q2 688 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 226 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 351 1 0 2849.0
2022 Q2 209 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 301 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 101 1 0 9901.0
2021 Q2 101 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 501 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,001 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 451 1 0 2217.3
2020 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 946 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 801 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,590 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 168 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 536 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 968 2 0 2066.1
2018 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,071 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 701 1 0 1426.5
2017 Q2 705 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 476 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 670 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 772 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 822 3 0 3649.6
2015 Q3 368 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 803 1 0 1245.3
2015 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 491 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 777 2 0 2574.0
2014 Q2 721 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 906 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,331 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,137 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 799 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,245 2 2 890.9
2012 Q3 1,565 1 0 639.0
2012 Q2 1,053 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 475 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 451 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,415 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,798 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 919 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,059 2 0 1888.6
2010 Q3 759 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 703 3 0 4267.4
2010 Q1 41 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 163 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 7 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 79 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 209 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 172 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 101 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 123 3 1 24390.2
2007 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 26 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 95 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 143 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 262 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 11 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 55 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 19 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 86 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 55 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 34 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 203 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 93 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 213 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 51 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 189 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 309 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 18 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 191 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 224 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 260 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 111 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 314 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 209 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 344 3 0 8720.9
2000 Q3 237 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 268 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.