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BAXTER PIT: 6 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Chris Woods
Standish, Cumberland County, ME  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1701061

BAXTER PIT has $900 in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2026
Latest incident
Jan 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
6
citations
1
significant & substantial
$900
proposed penalties
$749
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Woods Excavating, LLC.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
9
inspections on record
79
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: 79 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BAXTER PIT has $900 in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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.
$900
proposed penalties
$900
current assessed
$749
paid to date
$151
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-29.
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.
16.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
16.7%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 50.0% low, 50.0% 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: 2024-11-26
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-11-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-08-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader 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. Woods Excavating, LLC. 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 3
2023 2
2022 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

BAXTER PIT 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 Q2 1,160 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,020 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,140 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,250 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,770 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,720 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,314 1 0 761.0
2024 Q3 1,238 0 0 0.0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,140 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,980 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,978 3 1 1516.7
2023 Q3 249 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 773 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 298 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 552 1 0 1811.6
2022 Q3 671 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2026 · 1 incident

January 29, 2026 ME · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Woods Excavating, LLC. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Loader operator was entering the loader and placed hand on door jamb. Door closed on operators right hand middle finger. Operator required 12 stitches in right hand middle finger due to laceration.