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Church Quarry: 90 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Francis A Cormier
Stonington, Hancock County, ME  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 1700609

Church Quarry has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1996–2001
Latest incident
Apr 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
90
citations
28
significant & substantial
$19,062
proposed penalties
$12,625
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,437 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Cormier Construction's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
49
inspections on record
871
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: 871 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Church Quarry has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
86 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-08-22.
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.
32.6%
significant & substantial
4.7%
high negligence or reckless
32.6%
reasonably likely or greater
53.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.3% low, 79.1% moderate, 4.7% 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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 60%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 40%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
31%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$7K proposed, $5K 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 2017-01-23.
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 2017-0047 Prevail Gill 2019 $6K → $4K
YORK 2017-0059 Default Lesnick 2017 $826 → $826
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: 2017-08-16, 9 years ago
8%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
13
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz131 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2000-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.77 0.43 1.79 Jackhammer Operator
2017-08-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.59 0.47 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2013-11-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.52 0.63 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2012-10-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.52 0.23 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-10-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.56 0.6 0.93 Drill Oper., Jackleg/Stoper
2009-10-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.69 0.51 Drill Helper
2005-11-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.57 0.21 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-11-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2005-11-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.17 0.15 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2004-12-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.49 0.33 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2002-03-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.61 0.38 Jackhammer Operator
2001-05-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.6 0.22 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2000-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.41 0.49 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2000-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.46 0.35 Mobile Crane 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. Cormier Construction 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 2
2023 2
2022 1
2021 1
2020 2
2019 2
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 2
2013 1
2012 2
2011 2
2010 4
2009 4
2008 4
2007 4
2006 4
2005 4
2004 5
2003 6
2002 5
2001 6
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Church Quarry sits in Hancock 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.
Hancock County, Maine · Population 56,084
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$69,630
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
2024 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 600 3 0 5000.0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 135 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 602 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 515 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 515 0 0 0.0
Show 82 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q1 287 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 987 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 497 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 652 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 497 2 1 4024.1
2019 Q3 1,628 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 281 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 922 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,628 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,435 1 0 696.9
2018 Q1 519 3 0 5780.3
2017 Q4 922 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 991 7 4 7063.6
2017 Q2 993 2 0 2014.1
2017 Q1 987 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,307 9 4 6886.0
2016 Q3 660 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,019 3 0 2944.1
2016 Q1 640 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,093 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,013 14 7 13820.3
2015 Q2 915 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 110 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 713 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 802 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 593 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 61 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 410 6 1 14634.1
2013 Q3 448 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 159 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 680 2 0 2941.2
2012 Q3 987 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 398 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 243 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 746 1 1 1340.5
2011 Q3 581 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 467 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 56 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 980 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,816 1 0 550.7
2010 Q2 392 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 333 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,661 5 3 3010.2
2009 Q3 1,705 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,444 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 738 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,157 6 0 5185.8
2008 Q3 1,358 3 1 2209.1
2008 Q2 2,187 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,704 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,736 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,768 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,956 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 745 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,406 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,870 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,808 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,580 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,471 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,716 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,465 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,587 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,373 1 0 421.4
2004 Q3 2,494 2 1 801.9
2004 Q2 2,205 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,968 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,574 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,445 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,475 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,388 1 0 418.8
2002 Q3 2,500 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,873 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,641 3 0 1828.2
2001 Q4 1,070 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,716 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,334 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,745 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,002 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,587 7 5 4410.8
2000 Q2 1,488 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,082 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2001 · 1 incident

1996 · 1 incident

September 24, 1996 ME · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Cormier Construction · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN USING SPIKE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF SPIKE DRIVER AND LET IT FALL PINCHING LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN A ROCK & SPIKE DRIVER HANDLE. HAD AN OPEN FRACTURE OF THE LEFT SMALL FINGER WITH NAIL BED RUP TURE, REQUIRING TWO STITCHES.