Mining Incidents

FRINK PIT AND MILL: 10 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lane Industries Inc
HAMPDEN, Penobscot County, ME  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1700208

FRINK PIT AND MILL has $675 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 2002
10
citations
2
significant & substantial
$675
proposed penalties
$675
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
16
inspections on record
137
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: 137 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 AND MILL has $675 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.
$675
proposed penalties
$675
current assessed
$675
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-08-15.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
70.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Lane Construction Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 2
2010 2
2009 3
2008 3
2007 4
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 3
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

FRINK PIT AND MILL sits in Penobscot 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.
Penobscot County, Maine · Population 153,571
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$63,248
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
2011 Q3 35 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 110 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 85 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 85 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 70 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 252 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 225 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
Show 37 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1 70 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 154 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 210 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 198 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 236 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,097 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 275 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 131 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 308 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,023 4 1 3910.1
2006 Q2 154 1 0 6493.5
2006 Q1 146 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 705 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 991 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 154 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 319 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 534 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,386 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 189 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 127 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,345 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,212 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 258 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 364 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,128 1 0 886.5
2002 Q2 825 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 204 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 332 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,033 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 510 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 106 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 123 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 408 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 463 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 156 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.