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Hawes Bridge Quarry: 54 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lynn Lakeman
BANGOR, Waldo County, ME  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1700618

Hawes Bridge Quarry has $19K 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
1
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
Aug 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
54
citations
20
significant & substantial
$19,156
proposed penalties
$19,156
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Vaughn Thibodeau & Sons Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
17
inspections on record
319
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: 319 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hawes Bridge Quarry has $19K 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
53 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-10-21.
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.
37.7%
significant & substantial
5.7%
high negligence or reckless
37.7%
reasonably likely or greater
60.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.9% low, 75.5% moderate, 5.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2009-10-21, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-10-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.4 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-10-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.57 0.44 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-08-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.95 Truck Driver
2005-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 1.53 0.16 Truck Driver
2005-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 1.25 0.18 Backhoe Operator
2005-08-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.85 0.15 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2003-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Vaughn Thibodeau & Sons Inc. 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2010 1
2009 10
2008 10
2007 7
2006 7
2005 8
2004 9
2003 10
2002 9
2001 9
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Hawes Bridge Quarry sits in Waldo County, Maine, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Waldo County, Maine · Population 40,006
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$68,441
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
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,711 17 6 4581.0
2009 Q3 5,311 2 1 376.6
2009 Q2 3,609 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,214 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,660 0 0 0.0
Show 35 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3 7,099 8 5 1126.9
2008 Q2 4,897 5 0 1021.0
2008 Q1 3,677 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,803 3 0 788.9
2007 Q3 4,844 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,075 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,399 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,424 4 2 1168.2
2006 Q3 4,741 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,315 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,895 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,501 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,680 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,500 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,114 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,202 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,805 8 6 1175.6
2004 Q2 4,818 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,410 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,323 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,754 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,364 2 0 372.9
2003 Q1 3,474 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,835 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,078 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,664 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,667 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,777 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,931 2 0 337.2
2001 Q2 5,771 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,570 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,265 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,358 3 0 2209.1
2000 Q2 3,864 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,664 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2009 · 1 incident

August 14, 2009 ME · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Vaughn Thibodeau & Sons Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A piece of plate steel was stuck in the jaw crusher and was being removed by an excavator and chain. The steel plate sprung free and slipped from chain upward. When the steel plate came down it hit a cross brace then struck the victim who was still in the feeder.