O'Brien & Sons Metal/Non-Metal
O'Brien & Sons
· Surface
Controlled by
Charles S O'Brien
Brownsillve,
Piscataquis County,
ME
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1700968
O'Brien & Sons has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
34
citations
10
significant & substantial
$4,754
proposed penalties
$2,416
paid to date
51% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,338 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
9
inspections on record
179
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 179 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
O'Brien & Sons has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-11-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 50000.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 246 | 4 | 3 | 16260.2 |
| 2023 Q3 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 192 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 240 | 1 | 0 | 4166.7 |
| 2020 Q3 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 520 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 224 | 5 | 0 | 22321.4 |
| 2019 Q3 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 254 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 190 | 2 | 1 | 10526.3 |
| 2018 Q3 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 340 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 360 | 2 | 1 | 5555.6 |
| 2017 Q3 | 520 | 1 | 0 | 1923.1 |
| 2017 Q2 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 435 | 5 | 0 | 11494.3 |
| 2016 Q3 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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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