Mining Incidents

Portable #50 Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lane Industries Inc
Ellsworth, Hancock County, ME  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1700592

Portable #50 Plant has $1K 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
7
Years on record
1993–2003
Latest incident
Jul 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
15
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,270
proposed penalties
$1,270
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
8
inspections on record
115
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: 115 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Portable #50 Plant has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-07-19.
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
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 172 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,323 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 815 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 3,075 1 0 325.2
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q2 1,848 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 3,505 11 2 3138.4
2004 Q2 3,044 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 430 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,050 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,600 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,927 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,004 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 852 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,071 3 2 976.9
2001 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 395 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 368 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 503 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

July 8, 2003 ME · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lane Construction Corp · HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

THE CRUSHER WAS STOPPED BECAUSE OF A ROCK STUCK IN THE TAIL PULLEY. EMPLOYEE HELPED PRY THE ROCK FROM THE PULLEY AND THEN RESUMED OPERATING THE LOADER UNTIL THE END OF HIS SHIFT. HE NOTICED SO ME STIFFNESS THAT NIGHT AND STATES HE HAD PAIN ON WAKING THE NEXT MORNING. AFTER TWO HOURS OF WORK THE PAIN WAS SO BAD HE COULDN'T CONTINUE & WAS TAKEN FOR MEDICAL EVALUATION.

July 2, 2003 ME · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lane Construction Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AN OVERSIZE ROCK GOT CAUGHT IN THE JAWS OF THE CRUSHER. EE HAD TO STAND IN THE JAW TO GET A CABLE AROUND THE ROCK SO IT COULD BE REMOVED. WHILE HE WAS IN THE JAW THE ROCKS SHIFTED, AND ONE STR UCK HIM ON THE DORSAL INSTEP OF HIS LEFT FOOT.

2002 · 2 incidents

September 4, 2002 ME · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lane Construction Corp · Struck against stationary object

EE ALLEGES HE MAY HAVE STRUCK HIS ELBOW WHILE TRYING TO UNPLUG CRUSHER. HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON 9-8-02. ARM SWOLLEN AND INFECTED. HOSPITAL COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE, COULD HAVE BEEN AN INSE CT BITE. EE DID NOT ALLEGE WORK RELATED UNTIL 9-24-02. EE QUIT WHEN TOLD WE WOULD CONTEST THE INJURY AS WORK RELATED.

August 10, 2002 ME · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lane Construction Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER THAT OVERHEATED. HE REMOVED THE RADIATOR CAP BEFORE ALLOWING THE EQUIPMENT TO COOL.

1993 · 3 incidents

October 5, 1993 ME · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lane Construction Corp · Struck by falling object

BASKET ON SYMONS CRUSHER HAD PLUGGED INDIVIDUAL WAS CLIMBING UP LADDER WITH BAR TO GET IT UNPLUGGED. ROCK FELL FROM BASKET AREA AND KNOCKED INDIVIDUAL S HARD HAT OFF AND THEN ANOTHER ROCK ABOU T THE SIZE OF A SALT BALL FELL IMMEDICATELY AFTER AND STRUCK INDIVIDUAL ON CROWN OF HEAD.

July 17, 1993 ME · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent MACHINERY
Lane Construction Corp · Struck by falling object

INDIVIDUAL WENT OVER BY THE MAIN SCREEN ON THE CRUSHER OPERATIONS AND WAS INSTRUCTING A LOADER OPERATOR HOW TO CLEAN OUT BY THE HAW CRUSHER WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A ROCK WHICH BOUNCED OFF THE S CREEN. THE ROCK STRUCK HIS HARD HAT AND HIS LEFTSHOULDER BRUISING IT. INDIVIDUAL WAS COMPLAINING OF A HEADACHE AND SORE SHOULDER WITH BRUISES AND SCRATCHES HAD CAT SCAN & X RAYS NOTHING FOUND

April 12, 1993 ME · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lane Construction Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDIVIDUAL WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM SCREEN DECK WHERE THEY HAD BEEN CHANGING SCREENS & IN SO DOING WAS CLIMBING AROUND A PIECE OF SCREENING MATERIAL THAT HAD BEEN PLACED ON THE OUTER EDGE OF THE DECK TO PREVENT ROCKS FROM FALLING OFF THE DECKTHE INDIVIDUAL CAUGHT HIS GLOVED LEFT HAND ON A SHARP EDGE OF TEH SCREENING THE EDGE CUT THROUGH HIS GLOVE & CAUGHT HIS WEDDING RING STRETCHING

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