Mining Incidents

Crotch Island Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Donald Conte
ESMOND, Hancock County, ME  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1700570

Crotch Island has $6K 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
5
Years on record
1986–2020
Latest incident
Nov 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
63
citations
6
significant & substantial
$6,459
proposed penalties
$6,459
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
32
inspections on record
570
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: 570 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Crotch Island has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
63 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-16.
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 2,536 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,140 2 0 934.6
2025 Q2 2,168 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,508 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,165 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,564 5 0 1950.1
2024 Q2 1,965 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 176 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 879 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 806 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 664 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 791 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,122 3 0 2673.8
2022 Q2 580 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 939 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,097 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,067 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 1,373 2 1 1456.7
2020 Q3 1,363 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,238 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 750 2 1 2666.7
2019 Q3 892 2 0 2242.2
2019 Q2 921 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 27 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 764 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,227 5 1 4075.0
2018 Q2 1,162 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 1,044 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,445 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 994 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 1,098 1 0 910.7
2016 Q3 1,565 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,192 3 0 2516.8
2016 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,306 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,363 1 0 733.7
2015 Q2 1,014 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 88 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,532 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,621 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,078 4 1 3710.6
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 1,269 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,320 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,124 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 1,254 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,567 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,576 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 167 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,186 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,491 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,590 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 952 4 0 4201.7
2010 Q3 1,446 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,722 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 1,784 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,957 1 0 511.0
2009 Q2 1,641 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,904 1 0 525.2
2008 Q3 1,943 2 0 1029.3
2008 Q2 2,009 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,580 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,179 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,734 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 541 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,828 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,049 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,071 2 0 965.7
2006 Q1 859 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,882 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,606 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,098 9 2 4289.8
2005 Q1 302 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,502 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,282 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,936 4 0 1362.4
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 1,778 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,786 5 0 1794.7
2003 Q2 1,324 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 712 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,580 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,055 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 1,194 1 0 837.5
2001 Q3 1,588 4 0 2518.9
2001 Q2 1,627 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,063 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,186 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,817 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 94 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2020 · 1 incident

1991 · 1 incident

1989 · 1 incident

June 24, 1989 ME · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
New England Stone Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING DOWN A GROUT WALL UTILIZING A CRANE WHEN THE EMPTY CLAMP CAME BACK TO PICK UP PIECE OF GROUT IT SWUNG AROUND & HIT HIM IN THE UPPER RIGHT LEG

1987 · 1 incident

June 9, 1987 ME · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
New England Stone Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING STONE-DRILL SLID DOWN THE SIDE OF THE STONE AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT.

1986 · 1 incident

August 28, 1986 ME · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New England Stone Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CABLE OF CRANE 4AS BEING REPAIRED WHEN CABLE SLIPPED FROM THE FOREMAN'S HAND AND SWUNG AND HITTHE FOREMAN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FACE.

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The full compliance file on Crotch Island

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.