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Medway Pit And Mill: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Tilcon Maine Inc · Surface
Controlled by BTR PLC
Penobscot County, ME  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1700328

Medway Pit And Mill has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1990.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1990–1992
Latest incident
Jul 1992
Ownership history
  1. Tilcon Maine Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1994 0
1993 6
1992 6
1991 4
1990 2
1989 2
1988 2
1987 2
1986 2
1985 2
1984 2
1983 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Medway 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1992 · 1 incident

July 11, 1992 ME · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tilcon Maine Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LINING UP A DRIVE MOTOR ON THE BIN VIBRATOR USING A PRY BAR. HE WAS PRYING THE MOTOR OVER WHEN HIS BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL OVER THE SIDE OF THE BIN ABOUT 15' TO THE GROUND BELOW. HE LANDED WITH MOST OF HIS WEIGHT ON HIS LEFT FOOT (HEEL). HE ALSO HAS A CUT ON HIS LEFT HAND FROM THE PRY BAR SLIPPING .

1990 · 1 incident

June 5, 1990 ME · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Tilcon Maine Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MUSCLE STRAIN L SHOULDER PER LOADER FOR PERIOD OF TI ME