Thomaston Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Meklin Excavation
· Surface
Controlled by
Bruce G Meklin; Eric A Meklin
Thomaston,
Knox County,
ME
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1700956
Thomaston Pit has $4K 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
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
30
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,902
proposed penalties
$3,902
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
18
inspections on record
183
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 183 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Thomaston Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 256 | 1 | 0 | 3906.2 |
| 2025 Q3 | 307 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 263 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 158 | 1 | 0 | 6329.1 |
| 2024 Q3 | 624 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 264 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 258 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 214 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 304 | 11 | 0 | 36184.2 |
| 2023 Q1 | 542 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 542 | 1 | 0 | 1845.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 224 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 268 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 276 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 756 | 2 | 0 | 2645.5 |
| 2021 Q3 | 812 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 254 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,012 | 3 | 1 | 2964.4 |
| 2020 Q3 | 785 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 177 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 368 | 3 | 1 | 8152.2 |
| 2019 Q3 | 295 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 285 | 3 | 2 | 10526.3 |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 251 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 192 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q4 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q2 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 201 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 256 | 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.
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