Mining Incidents

TALTY PIT: 15 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

F.C. Work & Sons Inc. · Surface
Controlled by John Work
JACKSON, Waldo County, ME  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1700709

TALTY PIT has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 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 2002
15
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,634
proposed penalties
$1,534
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $100 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
14
inspections on record
122
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: 122 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

TALTY PIT has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$100
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-11-16.
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.
35.7%
significant & substantial
14.3%
high negligence or reckless
35.7%
reasonably likely or greater
42.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.1% low, 78.6% moderate, 14.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. F.C. Work & Sons Inc. 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 2
2010 1
2009 2
2008 1
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 1
2003 2
2002 2
2001 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

TALTY PIT sits in Waldo 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.
Waldo County, Maine · Population 40,006
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$68,441
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
2011 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 83 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2 1 0 500000.0
2010 Q3 123 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 56 3 2 53571.4
2009 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
Show 31 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q2 82 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 428 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 275 1 1 3636.4
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 127 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 345 4 1 11594.2
2007 Q1 47 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 91 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 188 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 377 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 301 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 562 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 444 2 0 4504.5
2005 Q1 79 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 118 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 746 2 1 2681.0
2004 Q2 176 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 403 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,054 1 0 948.8
2003 Q2 810 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 754 1 0 1326.3
2002 Q3 899 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 861 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 526 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 762 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.