Frink Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Whitmore Contracting Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Holly Whitmore; Richard Whitmore
Hampden,
Penobscot County,
ME
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1701034
Frink Pit has $2K 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
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
15
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,235
proposed penalties
$2,235
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
9
inspections on record
92
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: 92 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Frink Pit has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-14.
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 | 850 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,088 | 3 | 0 | 2757.4 |
| 2025 Q2 | 994 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 844 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 945 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,014 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 585 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 718 | 1 | 0 | 1392.8 |
| 2023 Q3 | 624 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 510 | 1 | 0 | 1960.8 |
| 2023 Q1 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 562 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,196 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 720 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 430 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,168 | 3 | 0 | 2568.5 |
| 2021 Q3 | 730 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 620 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 415 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 885 | 5 | 2 | 5649.7 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,170 | 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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The full compliance file on Frink Pit
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.