Mining Incidents

Thomaston Mill: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Chemrock Corp · Facility
Knox County, ME  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1700561

MSHA record for Thomaston Mill (mine ID 1700561). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Jul 1985
Ownership history
  1. Chemrock Corp 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Thomaston Mill sits in Knox County, Maine, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Knox County, Maine · Population 40,860
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$71,903
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1985 · 1 incident

July 22, 1985 ME · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chemrock Corp · Struck by falling object

WORKER JUMPED UP TO GRAB PIPE EXTENDED OFF PORTABLE WORK PLATFORM AND PULLED PLATFORM OVER AND ON TOP OF HIS HEAD,THIS FX HIS JAW.