Mining Incidents

Copp Excavation, Inc: 123 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Copp Excavation Inc · Surface
Controlled by Michael S Copp
Gray, Cumberland County, ME  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1700697

Copp Excavation, Inc has $21K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
123
citations
34
significant & substantial
$21,063
proposed penalties
$21,063
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
47
inspections on record
594
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: 594 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: 2015-07-02.
On record since 2015.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Copp Excavation, Inc has $21K 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
117 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-26.
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.
27.9%
significant & substantial
13.1%
high negligence or reckless
27.9%
reasonably likely or greater
54.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.9% low, 73.0% moderate, 13.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2024-03-12
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-03-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.59 0.46 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-01-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-06-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2021-06-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2014-05-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-05-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2014-05-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-07-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-07-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-05-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.55 0.7 0.79 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-05-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.6 0.52 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. Durgin Sand & Gravel Inc 2000 to 2021
  2. Copp Excavation Inc 2021 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 4
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 2
2007 3
2006 5
2005 5
2004 5
2003 4
2002 4
2001 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Copp Excavation, Inc 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 701 5 1 7132.7
2026 Q1 598 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 643 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 757 1 0 1321.0
2025 Q2 689 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 624 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 697 3 1 4304.2
2024 Q3 723 0 0 0.0
Show 93 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 744 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 523 2 0 3824.1
2023 Q4 612 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 704 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 672 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 302 1 1 3311.3
2022 Q4 398 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 707 5 1 7072.1
2022 Q2 595 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 493 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 488 4 0 8196.7
2021 Q3 500 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 468 4 1 8547.0
2021 Q1 1,440 1 1 694.4
2020 Q4 1,320 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,440 1 0 694.4
2020 Q2 1,485 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,040 2 0 1923.1
2019 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,440 2 0 1388.9
2019 Q1 960 1 1 1041.7
2018 Q4 1,200 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,560 5 1 3205.1
2018 Q1 1,040 2 0 1923.1
2017 Q4 928 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,040 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,040 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,040 6 3 5769.2
2016 Q1 800 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,040 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,008 4 3 3968.3
2015 Q2 1,755 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,920 1 0 520.8
2014 Q3 2,080 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,560 2 0 1282.1
2014 Q1 1,560 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,320 1 0 757.6
2013 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,560 1 0 641.0
2013 Q1 1,440 5 0 3472.2
2012 Q4 1,560 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,680 4 2 2381.0
2012 Q1 1,560 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,560 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,200 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,440 1 0 694.4
2010 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,320 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,320 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,440 17 8 11805.6
2009 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,440 5 1 3472.2
2009 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,040 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 960 2 0 2083.3
2007 Q3 1,280 3 0 2343.8
2007 Q2 2,240 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,560 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,350 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,600 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,800 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,920 1 1 520.8
2005 Q4 2,200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,880 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,920 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,760 5 3 2840.9
2004 Q3 2,400 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,400 7 1 2916.7
2004 Q1 2,240 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,920 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,400 3 0 1250.0
2003 Q2 1,760 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,200 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,820 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,880 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,208 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,300 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,200 2 1 1666.7
2001 Q3 1,200 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 180 14 3 77777.8

No reportable incidents on file.

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