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Portable Crusher #1: 52 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

R S Pidacks Inc · Surface
Controlled by Robert S Pidacks
LIVERMORE, Androscoggin County, ME  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1700672

Portable Crusher #1 has $6K 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
1
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
May 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
52
citations
18
significant & substantial
$5,628
proposed penalties
$5,628
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See R S Pidacks Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
36
inspections on record
379
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: 379 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 Crusher #1 has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-02.
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.
34.6%
significant & substantial
1.9%
high negligence or reckless
34.6%
reasonably likely or greater
76.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.5% low, 86.5% moderate, 1.9% 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: 2026-06-02
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg9
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (10)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2021-05-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-05-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-08-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-08-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-11-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2003-11-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-07-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.77 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-07-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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. R S Pidacks Inc 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 4
2018 4
2017 4
2016 4
2015 4
2014 3
2013 3
2012 4
2011 4
2010 5
2009 3
2008 3
2007 5
2006 6
2005 4
2004 4
2003 4
2002 3
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher #1 sits in Androscoggin 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.
Androscoggin County, Maine · Population 112,323
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$67,298
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
2026 Q2 1,008 2 0 1984.1
2026 Q1 664 1 0 1506.0
2025 Q4 1,304 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,288 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 736 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 976 1 0 1024.6
2024 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,248 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 935 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,168 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,040 1 0 961.5
2023 Q3 1,232 3 1 2435.1
2023 Q2 992 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 848 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 912 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,200 1 1 833.3
2022 Q2 1,248 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,104 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,136 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,256 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,120 2 0 1785.7
2021 Q1 1,176 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,216 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,448 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,752 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 480 1 1 2083.3
2019 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,416 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,144 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,088 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,192 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,264 2 2 1582.3
2018 Q2 992 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,184 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,710 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,488 2 2 1344.1
2017 Q2 1,530 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 660 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,624 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,742 1 0 574.1
2016 Q2 1,860 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,568 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,806 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 560 3 2 5357.1
2015 Q2 2,332 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 897 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,743 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,447 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,347 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,899 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,891 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,880 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 440 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,136 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,821 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,964 2 0 1018.3
2012 Q1 761 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,510 5 1 3311.3
2011 Q3 3,426 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,427 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,552 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,071 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,411 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 727 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,173 2 0 1705.0
2009 Q3 1,876 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,067 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 193 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,402 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,691 1 0 591.4
2008 Q2 983 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,560 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,760 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,760 4 2 1449.3
2007 Q1 3,360 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,360 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,550 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,550 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,550 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,100 1 0 476.2
2005 Q3 2,100 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,100 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,800 2 2 1111.1
2004 Q4 2,100 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,100 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,400 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,920 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,839 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,000 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,656 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,077 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,343 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,155 2 1 928.1
2002 Q2 1,144 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 989 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,094 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,392 3 0 2155.2
2001 Q2 1,086 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 349 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 518 5 2 9652.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2014 · 1 incident

May 19, 2014 ME · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
R S Pidacks Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Material had breached up in the cone crusher and overflowed the feed hopper. He was going to look and see what got plugged up and a piece overflowed from the hopper and hit him just above the lip and below his nose. They put one stitch in it. Returned to work at noon the next day.