Mining Incidents

Charlotte Quarry: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by VINCI Group
Calais, Washington County, ME  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1700846

Charlotte Quarry has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2009
11
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,367
proposed penalties
$1,367
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
20
inspections on record
238
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: 238 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Charlotte Quarry has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
11 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $285 in penalties contested before the Commission, $285 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-08-25.
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.
18.2%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
18.2%
reasonably likely or greater
36.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.1% low, 90.9% moderate, 0.0% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$285 proposed, $285 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 2010-04-01.
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 2010-204M Settlement 2010 $285 → $285
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: 2025-08-14
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-08-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-28 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. The Lane Construction Corporation 2009 to 2018
  2. Eurovia Atlantic Coast LLC 2018 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 2
2024 2
2023 5
2022 2
2021 2
2020 3
2019 4
2018 1
2017 3
2016 4
2015 2
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 4
2010 3
2009 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Charlotte Quarry sits in Washington County, Maine, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Washington County, Maine · Population 31,261
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$52,237
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 929 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 41 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 21 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 81 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 81 0 0 0.0
Show 62 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 17 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 94 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,424 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 299 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 412 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 76 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 66 1 0 15151.5
2020 Q2 258 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 644 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 514 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 182 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 128 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 359 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 123 2 1 16260.2
2016 Q3 714 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 18 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 151 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 44 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 43 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 602 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 89 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 296 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 161 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 898 1 0 1113.6
2013 Q3 551 1 0 1814.9
2013 Q2 582 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 146 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,118 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,686 4 0 2372.5
2012 Q2 1,358 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 135 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 416 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,320 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,219 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 147 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 369 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,172 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,292 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 130 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 929 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,078 2 1 649.8
2009 Q2 1,736 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 90 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.