Cushing Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Meklin Excavation
· Surface
Controlled by
Bruce G Meklin; Eric A Meklin
Cushing,
Knox County,
ME
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1700955
Cushing Pit has $5K 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
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
44
citations
9
significant & substantial
$5,371
proposed penalties
$5,371
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
17
inspections on record
193
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: 193 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cushing Pit has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
$0
outstanding
44 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-09.
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 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 21739.1 |
| 2025 Q3 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 376 | 1 | 0 | 2659.6 |
| 2024 Q3 | 296 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 17241.4 |
| 2023 Q3 | 237 | 2 | 0 | 8438.8 |
| 2023 Q2 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 514 | 3 | 0 | 5836.6 |
| 2022 Q1 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 306 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 732 | 3 | 1 | 4098.4 |
| 2021 Q1 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 298 | 4 | 0 | 13422.8 |
| 2020 Q2 | 860 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 13157.9 |
| 2019 Q2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 666666.7 |
| 2019 Q1 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 144 | 1 | 0 | 6944.4 |
| 2018 Q1 | 289 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2017 Q3 | 272 | 5 | 1 | 18382.4 |
| 2017 Q2 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 370 | 1 | 0 | 2702.7 |
| 2016 Q2 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q4 | 226 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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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