Mining Incidents

SO. CHINA PIT AND MILL: 3 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Kempton Tobey & Son Inc · Surface
Controlled by Robin K Tobey
SO. CHINA, Kennebec County, ME  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1700284

SO. CHINA PIT AND MILL has $214 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
3
citations
1
significant & substantial
$214
proposed penalties
$214
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
5
inspections on record
42
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: 42 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SO. CHINA PIT AND MILL has $214 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.
$214
proposed penalties
$214
current assessed
$214
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-07-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
33.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Kempton Tobey & Son Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2003 6
2002 8
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SO. CHINA PIT AND MILL sits in Kennebec 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.
Kennebec County, Maine · Population 125,614
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$65,062
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2003 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 761 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 697 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 872 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 968 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 825 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 345 0 0 0.0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4 822 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 963 3 1 3115.3
2001 Q2 716 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 867 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 988 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 852 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1 0 0 0.0

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.