Mining Incidents

PHILLIPS PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Cousineau Inc · Surface
Controlled by Randal L Cousineau
Strong, Franklin County, ME  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1700641

PHILLIPS PIT has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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 2000
42
citations
7
significant & substantial
$4,598
proposed penalties
$4,485
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $113 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
34
inspections on record
353
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: 353 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PHILLIPS PIT has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
41 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-08-09.
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 4 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 44 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
Show 78 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4 2 0 500000.0
2023 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 529 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 204 3 0 14705.9
2021 Q2 44 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 154 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 44 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 158 1 0 6329.1
2018 Q3 1,126 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 166 2 0 12048.2
2018 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4 2 0 500000.0
2017 Q3 331 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 529 3 0 5671.1
2016 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4 6 1 1500000.0
2015 Q2 35 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 469 1 0 2132.2
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 49 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 450 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 134 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 248 6 0 24193.5
2012 Q2 284 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 126 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 554 1 0 1805.1
2011 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 136 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 254 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 366 2 0 5464.5
2010 Q1 768 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 110 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 506 1 1 1976.3
2009 Q2 86 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 66 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 721 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 56 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 44 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 124 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 64 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 196 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 216 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 320 3 3 9375.0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 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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