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Portable Plant: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Abbott Arthur
York County, ME  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1700597

MSHA record for Portable Plant (mine ID 1700597). 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
1990
Latest incident
Jun 1990
Ownership history
  1. Lebanon Sand & Gravel Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Portable Plant sits in York County, Maine, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
York County, Maine · Population 214,731
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$82,904
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

1990 · 1 incident

June 22, 1990 ME · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Lebanon Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED OWNER OPERATOR OBSERVED FEED CONVEYOR BELT STOPPED HE OPENED INSPECTION DOOR AND OBSERVED ROCK CAUSING PROBLEM WITHOUT COMPLETELY STOPPING MACHINE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVED OBSTRUCTION HIS ARM BECAME ENGAGED WITH MOVING FEED CONVEYOR BELT RESULTING IS AMPUTATION OF RIGHT ARM.