Mining Incidents

Liberty Pit Crusher Metal/Non-Metal

Liberty, Knox County, ME  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1700504

Liberty Pit Crusher has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $873 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
1991
Latest incident
May 1991
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
105
citations
31
significant & substantial
$24,658
proposed penalties
$19,280
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,378 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
24
inspections on record
432
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: 432 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Liberty Pit Crusher has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $873 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.
$25K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$873
outstanding
102 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-10-06.
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
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 1,561 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,711 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,441 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 321 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,750 13 4 7428.6
2011 Q3 2,114 2 0 946.1
Show 46 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q2 2,011 8 2 3978.1
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,201 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,560 28 14 10937.5
2010 Q2 2,158 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 482 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 231 1 0 4329.0
2009 Q3 986 5 2 5071.0
2009 Q2 1,871 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 968 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,267 24 6 10586.7
2008 Q2 2,400 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 810 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,405 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,800 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 641 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 300 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 1,200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,600 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 247 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 0 5 1
2005 Q1 580 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,502 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,400 5 1 2083.3
2004 Q2 122 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,810 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 260 9 1 34615.4
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 650 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 920 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 0 2 0
2002 Q2 1,080 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 1,080 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 985 3 0 3045.7
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 1,600 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 725 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 785 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1991 · 1 incident

May 25, 1991 ME · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Ferraiolo Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ADJUSTING THE CONVEYOR ON THE PORTABLE SCREEN. EE LOST BALANCE ON THE AT WALK AND CAUGHT HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE SPROKET AND CHAIN.

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