Mining Incidents

Rock Crusher Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Daniel E Downs
Chester, Penobscot County, ME  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1700907

Rock Crusher has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
37
citations
14
significant & substantial
$7,101
proposed penalties
$7,100
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
15
inspections on record
188
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: 188 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rock Crusher has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$1
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-10-13.
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 388 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 604 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 352 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 451 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 529 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,001 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
Show 43 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 662 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 995 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 701 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 415 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,187 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 832 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 933 1 0 1071.8
2021 Q3 1,434 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 774 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 508 2 1 3937.0
2020 Q3 1,008 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 830 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 535 6 1 11215.0
2019 Q3 1,010 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 588 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 989 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 702 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 636 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,199 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 771 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 348 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 723 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 790 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 859 8 3 9313.2
2015 Q3 1,171 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,136 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 517 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,372 1 0 728.9
2014 Q3 1,689 10 7 5920.7
2014 Q2 888 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 7 7 2 1000000.0
2013 Q3 110 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 2 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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