Mining Incidents

ELLSWORTH PORTABLE PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Rhonda D Jordan
ELLSWORTH, Hancock County, ME  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1700741

ELLSWORTH PORTABLE PLANT has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2003
120
citations
26
significant & substantial
$26,034
proposed penalties
$22,441
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,593 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
56
inspections on record
840
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: 840 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

ELLSWORTH PORTABLE PLANT has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
117 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-18.
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 2,101 9 3 4283.7
2025 Q3 2,880 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,468 3 1 865.1
2025 Q1 1,868 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,378 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,830 7 2 2473.5
2024 Q2 2,708 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,575 2 1 776.7
Show 83 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,966 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,592 6 0 2314.8
2023 Q2 2,736 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,842 1 0 542.9
2022 Q4 1,477 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,086 1 1 479.4
2022 Q2 2,689 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,219 1 0 450.7
2021 Q4 3,173 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,992 1 0 502.0
2021 Q2 3,395 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,333 2 0 1500.4
2020 Q4 1,873 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,109 4 1 1896.6
2020 Q2 2,075 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,738 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,796 2 1 1113.6
2019 Q3 2,199 4 1 1819.0
2019 Q2 2,229 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,025 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,725 3 1 1739.1
2018 Q3 2,136 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,718 3 1 1746.2
2018 Q1 1,501 1 0 666.2
2017 Q4 928 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,203 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,928 5 4 2593.4
2017 Q1 2,344 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,954 1 0 338.5
2016 Q3 2,488 1 0 401.9
2016 Q2 2,120 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,721 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,074 7 1 3375.1
2015 Q3 2,708 1 0 369.3
2015 Q2 1,446 1 0 691.6
2015 Q1 1,831 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,353 4 1 1700.0
2014 Q3 1,967 6 0 3050.3
2014 Q2 2,035 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,206 1 0 829.2
2013 Q4 1,429 11 0 7697.7
2013 Q3 1,572 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,413 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 634 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 554 10 0 18050.5
2012 Q3 1,697 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,568 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,490 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,533 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,142 4 2 1867.4
2011 Q2 2,177 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,453 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,391 4 3 2875.6
2010 Q3 1,768 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,493 2 1 1339.6
2010 Q1 1,046 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,503 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,956 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,937 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,227 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,701 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,838 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,264 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,754 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,017 3 0 1487.4
2007 Q3 1,802 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,455 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,945 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,830 3 0 1639.3
2006 Q3 1,529 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,908 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,227 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,063 1 0 940.7
2005 Q3 2,118 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,382 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,431 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,219 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,341 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,414 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,274 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,200 3 1 2500.0
2003 Q3 1,455 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 968 2 0 2066.1

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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