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Mills Excavation Inc. Metal/Non-Metal

Vinalhaven, Knox County, ME  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1700696

Mills Excavation Inc. has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $205 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
2019
Latest incident
Jun 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
67
citations
11
significant & substantial
$10,946
proposed penalties
$10,741
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $205 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
32
inspections on record
478
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: 478 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mills Excavation Inc. has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $205 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$205
outstanding
65 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 1,454 1 0 687.8
2025 Q3 1,435 2 0 1393.7
2025 Q2 1,202 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,024 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,475 4 0 2711.9
2024 Q2 998 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 139 0 0 0.0
Show 75 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 656 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,098 1 0 910.7
2023 Q2 1,125 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 46 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 373 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 316 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 11 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 765 1 0 1307.2
2020 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 511 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 517 3 1 5802.7
2018 Q4 136 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 302 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 324 1 0 3086.4
2018 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 144 2 0 13888.9
2017 Q3 382 2 0 5235.6
2017 Q2 262 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 630 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 630 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 576 5 1 8680.6
2016 Q2 948 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 350 15 6 42857.1
2015 Q2 536 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 96 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 279 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 68 2 0 29411.8
2014 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 512 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 537 5 1 9311.0
2013 Q2 324 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 455 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 369 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 286 4 0 13986.0
2012 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 739 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 745 2 0 2684.6
2011 Q2 416 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 38 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 232 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 305 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 599 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 267 1 0 3745.3
2009 Q2 374 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 394 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 612 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 298 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 81 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 221 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 208 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 487 7 0 14373.7
2007 Q2 215 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 31 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 871 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,995 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,583 2 0 1263.4
2006 Q1 506 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 814 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,643 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 771 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 394 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 789 2 0 2534.9
2004 Q3 583 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 699 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 381 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 681 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 834 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 890 4 2 4494.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2019 · 1 incident

June 11, 2019 ME · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Mills Excavation, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Load stuck in dump body when driver was dumping the body and the front wheels lifted off the ground. Then the load dumped, causing the truck to "bounce" hard to the ground. This caused the driver to hit head and wrench shoulder. Driver was wearing seatbelt.

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