Mining Incidents

Greenbush Wash Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Owen J Folsom Inc · Surface
Controlled by Owen J Folsom
ALTON, Penobscot County, ME  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1700148

Greenbush Wash Plant has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2006
Latest incident
Aug 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
51
citations
16
significant & substantial
$8,797
proposed penalties
$8,797
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
30
inspections on record
370
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: 370 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Greenbush Wash Plant has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
51 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-05.
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 1,022 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 359 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 541 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,148 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,209 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 465 1 0 2150.5
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 469 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 632 1 0 1582.3
2023 Q1 117 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,165 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,105 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,218 1 0 821.0
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 955 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 294 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 575 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,043 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 911 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 91 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 345 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 677 1 0 1477.1
2019 Q3 297 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 270 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 633 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 875 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 555 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 578 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 267 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 902 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 870 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 487 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 232 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,114 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 314 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 796 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 218 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,302 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,595 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,583 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 701 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 678 1 0 1474.9
2014 Q3 758 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 815 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 73 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 647 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 436 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 333 1 0 3003.0
2013 Q1 153 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 531 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 206 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 263 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 112 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 711 3 2 4219.4
2011 Q3 653 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,199 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 58 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,281 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 901 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,513 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 323 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,812 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,139 7 2 6145.7
2009 Q2 1,068 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 384 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,321 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,935 5 2 2584.0
2008 Q2 657 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 596 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,387 1 0 721.0
2007 Q3 1,849 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,135 1 0 468.4
2007 Q1 780 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,610 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,454 4 2 1630.0
2006 Q2 1,692 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 881 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,444 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,029 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,335 2 0 856.5
2005 Q1 991 1 0 1009.1
2004 Q4 2,103 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,810 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,640 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,022 1 1 978.5
2003 Q4 1,216 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,300 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,339 5 2 2137.7
2003 Q1 858 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,745 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,787 4 1 2238.4
2002 Q2 1,850 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 353 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,798 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,063 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,881 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 1,652 10 4 6053.3
2000 Q3 1,930 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,074 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2006 · 1 incident

August 21, 2006 ME · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Owen J Folsom Inc · Fall from machine

While changing screens EE dropped his cell phone down onto the discharge belt below. Unable to reach it, he turned the belt on & dis- charged it out onto the bottom of a stacker conveyor. He then climbed up 32" onto the tail roll guard of the stacker & grabbed the phone. While climbing down his pant caught the guarding causing him to lose his balance & fall on his left shoulder.

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