Mining Incidents

Moose Ridge Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Carroll E. Walton · Surface
Controlled by Carroll E Walton
Presque Isle, Aroostook County, ME  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1701041

Moose Ridge Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
21
citations
3
significant & substantial
$3,812
proposed penalties
$2,943
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $869 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
8
inspections on record
125
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: 125 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Moose Ridge Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-08.
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
2025 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 240 1 1 4166.7
2025 Q2 18 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 62 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 82 1 0 12195.1
2024 Q2 105 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 66 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 120 1 0 8333.3
2023 Q2 53 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 85 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 230 6 0 26087.0
2022 Q2 98 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 220 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 55 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 162 12 2 74074.1

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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The full compliance file on Moose Ridge Pit

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