Mining Incidents

Pioneer Crusher: 34 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

E.L. VINING & SON INC. · Surface
Controlled by Kevin L Vining
WEST FARMINGTON, Franklin County, ME  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1700763

Pioneer Crusher has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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 2005
34
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,825
proposed penalties
$3,825
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
24
inspections on record
295
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: 295 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pioneer Crusher has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-11-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
14.7%
significant & substantial
2.9%
high negligence or reckless
14.7%
reasonably likely or greater
47.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 23.5% low, 73.5% moderate, 2.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2007-08-28, 19 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
1
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2007-08-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.37 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. E.L. VINING & SON INC. 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 2
2015 3
2014 2
2013 3
2012 7
2011 8
2010 8
2009 0
2008 3
2007 5
2006 5
2005 6
2004 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Pioneer Crusher sits in Franklin County, Maine, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Franklin County, Maine · Population 30,145
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$58,522
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2024 Q2 112 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 130 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 454 1 0 2202.6
2023 Q3 497 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 132 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 212 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 287 0 0 0.0
Show 63 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 440 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 750 2 0 2666.7
2021 Q2 410 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 430 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 468 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 580 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 660 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 760 1 0 1315.8
2019 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 680 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 466 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 130 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 871 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 680 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 110 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 440 1 0 2272.7
2016 Q3 750 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 404 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 585 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 560 4 0 7142.9
2015 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,467 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,762 3 0 1702.6
2014 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,429 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,034 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,200 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,040 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,085 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,159 5 3 1202.2
2012 Q2 4,439 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,356 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,314 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,707 7 1 1487.1
2011 Q2 4,934 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,200 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,295 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,099 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,421 1 0 292.3
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,160 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q2 1,740 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,727 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,161 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,640 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,175 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,411 3 0 2126.2
2005 Q3 2,085 1 0 479.6
2005 Q2 1,763 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,412 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,405 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,365 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.