Mining Incidents

KENNEBUNKPORT MILL: 50 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

R H Brown · Facility
Controlled by Kurt D Hissong
Kennebunk, York County, ME  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1700530

KENNEBUNKPORT MILL has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Sep 1986
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
50
citations
15
significant & substantial
$12,271
proposed penalties
$2,318
paid to date
19% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,953 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
18
inspections on record
240
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: 240 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

KENNEBUNKPORT MILL has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$10K
outstanding
50 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $245 in penalties contested before the Commission, $245 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-06-03.
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.
30.0%
significant & substantial
4.0%
high negligence or reckless
30.0%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.0% low, 86.0% moderate, 4.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
YORK 2004-7M Default Lesnick 2004 $245 → $245
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2007-10-10, 18 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2007-10-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 0.8 0.65 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 0.48 0.96 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2001-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.48 0.83 0.58 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.53 0.58 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.38 0.68 Utility Man
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. Robert H Brown Inc 1981 to 1986
  2. Robert H Brown Sand & Gravel Inc 1986 to 2008
  3. R H Brown 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2008 1
2007 4
2006 5
2005 4
2004 5
2003 5
2002 4
2001 1
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

KENNEBUNKPORT MILL sits in York 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.
York County, Maine · Population 214,731
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$82,904
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
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 900 1 1 1111.1
2008 Q1 800 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,525 1 0 655.7
2007 Q3 2,008 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,043 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,463 0 0 0.0
Show 26 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q4 2,100 3 0 1428.6
2006 Q3 2,100 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,400 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,400 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,280 2 0 877.2
2005 Q3 2,280 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,280 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,360 1 0 735.3
2004 Q4 2,860 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,860 9 3 3146.9
2004 Q2 2,860 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,360 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,860 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,860 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,860 12 4 4195.8
2003 Q1 2,250 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,015 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,546 15 7 5891.6
2002 Q2 2,365 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,010 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 172 6 0 34883.7
2000 Q3 1,426 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,387 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1986 · 1 incident

September 10, 1986 ME · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Robert H Brown Sand & Gravel Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PRYING WITH PRY3BAR TO DISLODGE STONE STUCK IN HOPPER OF CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED HEARTATTACK.