Mining Incidents

Region 4 Portable Unit Metal/Non-Metal

MaineDOT · Surface
Controlled by State Of Maine
WINTERPORT, Waldo County, ME  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1700557

Region 4 Portable Unit has $251 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
1988
Latest incident
Sep 1988
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2
citations
1
significant & substantial
$251
proposed penalties
$251
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
8
inspections on record
69
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: 69 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Region 4 Portable Unit has $251 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.
$251
proposed penalties
$251
current assessed
$251
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-05-10.
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
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 451 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
Show 17 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 252 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 478 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 46 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 275 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 326 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 452 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 198 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,769 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 472 2 1 4237.3
2000 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

September 19, 1988 ME · Metal/Non-Metal pumper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M D O T · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

GRAVEL FEEDER ON PRTABLE SCREEN PLANT BECOME BROKEN. INJ , THE PLANT TENDER PROCEEDED TO S HUT DOWN THE UNIT TO MAKE REPAIRS AND IN DOING SO THE CONTROL HANDLE BROKE JAMMING HIS R. HAND REQ UIRING STITCHES TO HIS RING FINGER AND ITTLE FINGER AND R. HAND.

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