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PORTABLE MILL: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Sunrise Materials-Div/Lane Construction Corp · Surface
Controlled by Lane Industries Inc
Penobscot County, ME  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1700511

MSHA record for PORTABLE MILL (mine ID 1700511). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
Jul 1994
Ownership history
  1. H E Sargent Inc 1980 to 1987
  2. H E Sargent Inc 1988 to 1994
  3. Sunrise Materials-Div/Lane Construction Corp 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

PORTABLE MILL sits in Penobscot 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.
Penobscot County, Maine · Population 153,571
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$63,248
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1994 · 1 incident

July 19, 1994 ME · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H E Sargent Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

COMEALONG WAS BEING RELEASED, AND THE DOG BRAKE FAILED, ALLOWING THE CABLE TO FREEWHEEL OUT. WHEN IT CAME TO ITS END, IT BROKE AND THE HANDLE & MAIN BODY OF THE COMEALONG STRUCK EE ON THE RIGH T CHEEK AREA AND ON THE NOSE, KNOCKING HIM DOWN.HE GOT UP AFTER A MINUTE AND WALKED TO HIS PICKUP AND MOMENTS LATER PASSED OUT FOR A FEW SECONDS.