Mining Incidents
Search Operators Mines Alerts Research Controllers Fatalgrams About
Countries
Peru Chile
English Español
← Back to search

Brandy Brook Quarry: 41 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

R J Grondin & Sons · Surface
Controlled by Lawrence Grondin
GORHAM, Cumberland County, ME  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1700736

Brandy Brook Quarry has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Brandy Brook Quarry.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2007–2019
Latest incident
Apr 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
41
citations
11
significant & substantial
$5,806
proposed penalties
$5,659
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $147 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See R J Grondin & Sons's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
34
inspections on record
446
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: 446 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2017-06-26.
On record since 2017.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Brandy Brook Quarry has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $247 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-11.
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.
27.5%
significant & substantial
2.5%
high negligence or reckless
27.5%
reasonably likely or greater
45.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 2.5% none, 20.0% low, 75.0% moderate, 2.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 2 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
60%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$247 proposed, $100 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2024-03-25.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
YORK 2024-0041 Dismissal Lewis 2024 $147 → $0
YORK 2013-49M Default Lesnick 2013 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2026-08-12
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz51 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg12
Show the individual readings (17)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-06-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.7 0.5 1.40 Backhoe Operator
2026-08-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2026-08-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-08-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-07-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2021-07-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-07-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-07-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-07-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-07-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.49 0.43 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-06-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-10-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2002-10-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-10-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.54 0.26 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-10-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.44 0.34 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. R J Grondin & Sons 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 5
2024 4
2023 5
2022 4
2021 5
2020 5
2019 5
2018 5
2017 5
2016 4
2015 5
2014 4
2013 4
2012 3
2011 4
2010 4
2009 3
2008 4
2007 4
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Brandy Brook Quarry 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 2,163 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 970 1 1 1030.9
2025 Q4 2,197 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,664 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,313 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 914 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,292 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,061 2 0 970.4
Show 88 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,385 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 576 1 1 1736.1
2023 Q4 1,284 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,767 1 0 565.9
2023 Q2 1,697 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 744 1 0 1344.1
2022 Q4 1,523 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,534 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,732 2 1 1154.7
2022 Q1 927 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,592 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,685 4 0 2373.9
2021 Q2 1,869 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 831 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,714 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,968 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,911 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 541 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,871 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,699 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,945 1 0 514.1
2019 Q1 642 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,877 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,350 2 0 851.1
2018 Q2 1,630 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 519 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,733 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,045 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,556 4 2 2570.7
2017 Q1 483 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,695 1 0 590.0
2016 Q3 2,021 1 0 494.8
2016 Q2 1,747 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 539 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,055 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,045 1 0 489.0
2015 Q2 1,844 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 535 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,742 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,683 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,217 1 0 821.7
2014 Q1 415 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,264 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,416 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,761 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 457 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,347 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,596 1 1 626.6
2012 Q2 1,715 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 452 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,467 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,252 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,051 2 1 1902.9
2011 Q1 366 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,195 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 801 1 0 1248.4
2010 Q2 831 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 468 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,016 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 928 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 666 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 423 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 891 2 1 2244.7
2008 Q3 1,732 2 0 1154.7
2008 Q2 781 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 585 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 864 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,110 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,975 1 0 506.3
2007 Q1 515 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 867 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,868 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,026 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 621 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,511 1 1 661.8
2005 Q3 1,776 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 854 2 1 2341.9
2005 Q1 551 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,579 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,793 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,826 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 552 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,268 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,548 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,702 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 584 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,914 3 1 1567.4
2002 Q3 1,303 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2019 · 1 incident

April 23, 2019 ME · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R J Grondin & Sons · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stepped onto the bumper of the service truck and EE's knee gave out.

2015 · 1 incident

December 28, 2015 ME · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
R J Grondin & Sons · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was swinging a sledge hammer to free a steel component. As the hammer made the upswing it hit a piece of steel causing the hammer to deflect as it traveled back to the ground. The employee was struck by the handle of the sledge hammer in his shin. The result was a bruise that became infected over the weekend.

2014 · 1 incident

August 6, 2014 ME · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R J Grondin & Sons · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a wrench to tighten the bolt that was holding a cutting edge on his loader bucket. The wrench slipped and the employee lost his balance.

2013 · 2 incidents

August 12, 2013 ME · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R J Grondin & Sons · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee slipped on some wet material under the conveyor in the pit in July 2013. He felt fine after the incident and did not report it to the company. The employee started to have some discomfort with his left knee in early August 2013 he was place on work modifications after an MRI on 8/12/2013. with a sprained ACL/PCL Physical Therapy for a treatment plan.

February 20, 2013 ME · Metal/Non-Metal pumper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R J Grondin & Sons · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was welding on the jaw crusher. He stopped welding and lifted his hood to remove some slag and a hot metal piece hit him in the corner of the eye. The employee returned to the job after being checked out by a doctor that same day.

2011 · 1 incident

November 2, 2011 ME · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R J Grondin & Sons · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

An employee slipped and hurt himself while standing on a wet conveyor belt. The frost had come off of the belt but it was still damp and slippery.

2010 · 1 incident

June 3, 2010 ME · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R J Grondin & Sons · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The employee was lifting a piece of steel out of a steel rack with another employee. He needed to pick his end of the steel up a little to get over a lip at the end of the steel rack and when he did he felt pain in his left arm.

2007 · 1 incident

November 26, 2007 ME · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
R J Grondin & Sons · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Crusher repairs: The supervisor welded a pad eye on the jaw plate and the employee attached a come-along to the pad eye. During the work activity the employee increased the tension on the chain and the weld holding the pad eye in place failed. The chain from the come-along hit the employee's elbow.