Chip Mill Pit Metal/Non-Metal
W. T. Gardner & Sons, Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Tyler Gardner; Shey Gardner; Thomas W Gardner
Lincoln,
Penobscot County,
ME
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1700967
Chip Mill Pit has $5K 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
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
40
citations
12
significant & substantial
$4,767
proposed penalties
$4,616
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
16
inspections on record
205
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 205 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Chip Mill Pit has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 575 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 330 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 625 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 600 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 600 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 275 | 6 | 3 | 21818.2 |
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q4 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 600 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 160 | 1 | 0 | 6250.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q3 | 550 | 2 | 1 | 3636.4 |
| 2021 Q2 | 600 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 100000.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 600 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 10000.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q4 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 300 | 3 | 1 | 10000.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q3 | 800 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 650 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q4 | 204 | 24 | 7 | 117647.1 |
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.
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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.