Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher #2 Metal/Non-Metal

R. S. Pidacks, Inc · Surface
Controlled by Robert S Pidacks
Livermore, Androscoggin County, ME  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1700815

Portable Crusher #2 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2015
Latest incident
Jun 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
52
citations
11
significant & substantial
$7,934
proposed penalties
$6,502
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,432 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
22
inspections on record
302
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: 302 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 #2 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-06.
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 952 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 896 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,104 2 0 1811.6
2025 Q1 1,264 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,032 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,168 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,801 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,328 0 0 0.0
Show 66 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 752 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,008 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 672 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 896 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,168 1 0 856.2
2022 Q3 1,216 2 1 1644.7
2022 Q2 1,088 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 872 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,336 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,424 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,184 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,608 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,216 1 0 822.4
2020 Q1 848 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 944 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,184 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,256 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,064 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,344 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,176 1 0 850.3
2018 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,760 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,424 1 0 702.2
2017 Q2 2,010 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 556 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,248 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,664 7 2 4206.7
2016 Q2 1,320 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,681 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,049 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,978 5 2 2527.8
2015 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 880 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 714 1 0 1400.6
2014 Q2 573 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 914 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,248 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,030 5 0 2463.1
2013 Q1 553 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,267 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,348 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,595 5 1 1926.8
2012 Q1 1,976 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,079 1 0 481.0
2011 Q3 1,755 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,715 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 902 15 4 16629.7
2010 Q3 1,402 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 535 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 780 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,113 3 0 2695.4
2009 Q3 1,407 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,610 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 192 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,052 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,077 1 1 928.5
2008 Q2 797 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 790 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,320 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,320 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2015 · 1 incident

June 11, 2015 ME · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker MACHINERY
R. S. Pidacks, Inc · Struck against stationary object

Vibrating Grizzly Feeder drive belt was slipping, employee climbed into the guarded location area w/o turning off the motor, slipped, braced himself on a C112 single v belt, that action started the belt again, right hand went through the pulley. No fingers lost, stitches on index finger as well as a burn. The x-ray showed nothing. Seeing an orthopedic specialist on 6/15/15.

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The full compliance file on Portable Crusher #2

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.