Mining Incidents

Ocean Ave Plant: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Elementia Materiales
Cumberland County, ME  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1700231

MSHA record for Ocean Ave Plant (mine ID 1700231). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1989–1990
Latest incident
Mar 1990
Ownership history
  1. Cook Concrete Company 1950 to 1991
  2. Dragon Products Company 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Ocean Ave Plant sits in Cumberland 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.
Cumberland County, Maine · Population 305,940
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$92,983
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1990 · 1 incident

March 26, 1990 ME · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Cook Concrete Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RECEIVED PARTICLE IN RIGHT EYE WHILE USING GRINDING DISK IN QUARRY DOING MAINTENANCE WORK.

1989 · 3 incidents

July 8, 1989 ME · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cook Concrete Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RECEIVED MATERIAL IN INDEX FINGER WHILE WORKING IN QUARRY.

May 12, 1989 ME · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cook Concrete Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SMASHED LEFT THUMB WITH HAMMER HWILE WORKING ON CRANE.

March 9, 1989 ME · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cook Concrete Company · Struck by falling object

PERFORM MAINT DUTIES ON EQUIP DROPPED STEEL PLATE ON L TOE BIG ONE .