Mining Incidents

Chesterville Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Manchester, Franklin County, ME  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1700977

Chesterville Pit 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
1
Years on record
2021
Latest incident
Aug 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
28
citations
3
significant & substantial
$3,353
proposed penalties
$3,353
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
14
inspections on record
189
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: 189 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Chesterville Pit 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
28 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-10.
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 161 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 361 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 376 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 481 1 0 2079.0
2024 Q3 565 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 553 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 286 1 0 3496.5
2023 Q3 577 1 0 1733.1
2023 Q2 561 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 311 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 589 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 595 1 0 1680.7
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 376 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 541 4 0 7393.7
2021 Q2 676 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 481 4 0 8316.0
2019 Q3 919 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 796 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 195 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 964 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,108 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 686 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 905 2 0 2209.9
2017 Q3 1,081 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 809 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 987 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 704 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,063 14 3 13170.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2021 · 1 incident

August 18, 2021 ME · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Castonguay Sand and Gravel LLC · Fall from machine

EE stood on the front end loader to tighten a bolt for the self leveler & landed on tailbone.

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