STEELSTONE INDUSTRIES I has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1987–2010
Latest incident
Aug 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
107
citations
29
significant & substantial
$16,504
proposed penalties
$16,353
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
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: 626 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2024-06-03.
On record since 2013.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
STEELSTONE INDUSTRIES I has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
105 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-04.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2021-11-02, 4 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (11)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2021-11-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-11-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2020-10-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-10-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
0.61
0.52
Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-11-04
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.26
Mechanic
2015-11-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2009-09-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
0.86
0.23
Truck Driver
2009-09-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
1.38
0.15
Truck Driver
2009-09-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-09-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
0.46
0.52
Crusher Oper/Worker
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
4
2025
4
2024
5
2023
5
2022
5
2021
5
2020
6
2019
4
2018
4
2017
5
2016
5
2015
4
2014
5
2013
5
2012
6
2011
6
2010
5
2009
8
2008
5
2007
8
2006
8
2005
7
2004
7
2003
6
2002
5
2001
6
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
STEELSTONE INDUSTRIES I sits in Aroostook 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.
Aroostook County, Maine · Population 67,227
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$54,254
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
Employee was welding on the wash rack. After he unhooked his safety harness to reposition himself, he slipped on some gravel and fell 16 feet to the ground below. There were no witnesses to the incident, he called on his cell phone to report the fall to a co-worker. He bumped his left temple and had a tail bone contusion.
2001 · 1 incident
August 31, 2001ME · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
PLACED CONCRETE PAD UNDER STONE BIN. EMPLOYEE WAS TROWELING CONCRETE WHEN A PIECE OF I BEAM SLID DOWN CAT WALK OVER HEAD AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD. TWO EMPLOYEES WERE REPAIRING A CONVEYOR.
1990 · 2 incidents
October 1, 1990ME · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
STEPS AT SCREENING PLANT WERE COVERED WITH SAND WHEN EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON THEM. STEPPED IN BETWEEN STEPS AND CAUGHT HIMSELF BEFORE HE FELL.
March 26, 1990ME · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS ON TOP OF SCREEN CUTTING A PIECE OF METAL WITH TORCH WHEN THE SUPPORT LET GO UNDERNEATH AND EE FELL. HE THINKS HE WAS KNOCKED OUT FOR A MIN OR SO. EE WAS IN SURGERY FOR 4 HOURS AND HAD A WIRE IN HIS FINGER. EE WAS DISCHARGED AT 10;00ON 3-27-90.
1987 · 1 incident
June 3, 1987ME · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS