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: 72 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Wash Plant C611 has $466 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.
$466
proposed penalties
$466
current assessed
$466
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-11-07.
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: 2003-06-18, 23 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2003-06-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-06-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
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
2007
1
2006
3
2005
2
2004
5
2003
4
2002
9
2001
8
2000
8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Wash Plant C611 sits in Androscoggin 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.
Androscoggin County, Maine · Population 112,323
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$67,298
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
2007 Q3
0
0
0
2007 Q2
0
0
0
2007 Q1
563
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
1,002
2
0
1996.0
2006 Q3
1,147
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
1,768
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
1,081
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
1,137
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2005 Q3
2,229
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
584
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
174
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
2,412
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
1,568
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
1,299
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
653
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
502
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
1,221
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
1,467
3
2
2045.0
2003 Q1
839
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,468
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
2,646
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
2,818
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
704
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,983
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
3,215
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
1,944
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
779
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
1,422
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
1,957
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
6,522
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
782
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
15 on file
2005 · 1 incident
April 19, 2005ME · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE FELT LOWER BACK AND HIP PAIN WHILE OPERATING THE LOADER IN THE WASH PLANT YARD (BOUNCING IN SEAT). HE VISITED A DOCTOR WHO FELT THAT THE CONDITION WAS DUE TO BODY ALIGNMENT VERSES A D ISK PROBLEM. ON 2/2/04 THE EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED FOR A BULGING DISK BY ANOTHER DOCTOR. THE EMPLOYEE REQUIRED SURGERY AND THE INJURY IS NOW BEING CONSIDERED WORK-RELATED.
EE WAS REMOVING OLD STEEL OUT OF THE CRUSHER HOPPER AND WAS SETTING THE PIECE TO ONE SIDE. OUT OF THE WAY. ONE OF THE PIECES FELL OVER ONTO HIS LEG CAUSING HIM TO FALL DOWN WITH THE PIECE OF S TEEL FALLING ALSO ONTO HIS ANKLE.
1990 · 2 incidents
October 5, 1990ME · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pike Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
I.NAME WAS PULLING TENSION SPRING AND ROD OUT FROM UNDER JAW WHEN IT SLIPPED AND PINNED HIS THUMB BETWEEN ROD AND I BEAM. LACERATED THUMB, REQUIRED FIVE STITCHES.
July 9, 1990ME · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
I NAME WHILE APPLYING BELT DRESSING TO A HEAD ROLL ON A CONVEYOR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS L ARM IN BETWEEN THE BOLT AND THE ROLLER CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE TO HIS ARM I NAME DIDNT SHUT DOWN OR LOCK OUT ACCORDING TO POLICE I NAME CLIMBED ON TOP OF AN OPERATING SHAKER SCREEN TO APPLY THE DRESSING
August 10, 1988ME · Metal/Non-Metalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderPOWERED HAULAGE
I.NAME WAS WORK3NG WITH OTHERS ON A CRUSHER THAT IS BEING REMOVATED THE WORK INVOLVED PUSHING PULLING LIFTING ETC.AS A RESULT OF DOING THIS FOR 3 DAYS HE DEVELOPED SPRAINS IN HIS BACK & HAD TO LOSE TIME 3
1986 · 1 incident
July 23, 1986ME · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
HE WAS CLIMBING3THE LADDER TO THE CONTROL ROOM. HE APPARENTLY STEPPED IN SOME OIL PRIOR TO ASCENDING THE LADDER. THIS CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS FOOTING AND FELL 6-8 FEET FROM THE LADDER. NG HIS ANKLE. 3