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Pease Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Jake Barbour, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by John (Jake) E Barbour
Thomaston, Knox County, ME  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 1700285

Pease Pit has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Aug 1989
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
109
citations
26
significant & substantial
$19,293
proposed penalties
$13,555
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,739 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
45
inspections on record
602
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: 602 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pease Pit has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 2 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
108 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-07.
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 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q1 585 3 1 5128.2
2024 Q4 650 1 0 1538.5
2024 Q3 1,040 2 0 1923.1
2024 Q2 878 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,564 1 0 639.4
2023 Q4 2,074 2 1 964.3
Show 94 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 2,340 2 0 854.7
2023 Q2 2,880 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,730 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,620 3 0 1145.0
2022 Q3 2,925 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,780 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,755 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,760 5 0 1811.6
2021 Q3 3,085 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,925 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,660 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,870 8 0 2787.5
2020 Q3 2,955 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,760 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,340 1 0 427.4
2019 Q3 2,930 4 0 1365.2
2019 Q2 2,760 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,070 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,340 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,090 3 0 970.9
2018 Q2 2,925 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,425 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,270 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,630 4 2 1101.9
2017 Q2 3,850 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,465 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,360 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,705 12 9 3238.9
2016 Q2 3,665 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 985 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,020 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,085 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,510 2 0 569.8
2015 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,940 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,650 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,315 10 7 3016.6
2014 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,780 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,260 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,180 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,980 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,140 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,030 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 760 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,220 5 1 1552.8
2011 Q3 3,710 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 830 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,010 9 0 2990.0
2010 Q3 3,650 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,055 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 870 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,970 5 3 1683.5
2009 Q3 3,575 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,935 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 955 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,160 7 0 2215.2
2008 Q3 3,510 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,450 2 0 579.7
2008 Q1 1,960 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,210 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,320 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,280 4 1 1754.4
2007 Q1 1,910 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,190 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,295 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,265 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,950 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,010 1 0 497.5
2005 Q3 2,240 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,120 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,825 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,990 1 0 502.5
2004 Q3 2,160 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,080 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,850 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,020 2 0 990.1
2003 Q3 2,175 2 0 919.5
2003 Q2 2,095 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,875 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,180 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,210 2 0 905.0
2002 Q2 2,120 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,985 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,020 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,125 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,105 5 1 2375.3
2001 Q1 1,920 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,005 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,110 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,040 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,865 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

August 30, 1989 ME · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
George C Hall & Sons Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED GETTING OUT OF FRONT END LOADER HITTING HIS CHIN CAUSING LACERATION TO CHIN REQUIRING SUTURES..

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