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Watchic Pit: 30 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Standish, Cumberland County, ME  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1700998

Watchic 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
1
Years on record
2023
Latest incident
Jun 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
30
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,008
proposed penalties
$4,008
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Shaw Earthworks, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
16
inspections on record
175
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: 175 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Watchic Pit has $4K 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.
$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 2024-10-16.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
10.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
53.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 36.7% low, 53.3% moderate, 10.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2024-10-16
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-10-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-12-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-07-12 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.
Ownership history
  1. Shaw Earthworks, Inc. 2017 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Watchic Pit sits in Cumberland 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.
Cumberland County, Maine · Population 305,940
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$92,983
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
2026 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 450 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 630 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 615 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 530 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 620 1 0 1612.9
2024 Q3 620 0 0 0.0
Show 27 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 615 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 575 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 645 1 0 1550.4
2023 Q3 625 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 645 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 500 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 600 1 0 1666.7
2022 Q3 625 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 625 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 535 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 575 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 670 2 0 2985.1
2021 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 365 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 675 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 650 4 2 6153.8
2020 Q2 650 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 550 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 650 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 700 7 4 10000.0
2019 Q2 700 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 515 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 675 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 650 9 0 13846.2
2018 Q2 700 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 365 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 600 5 0 8333.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2023 · 1 incident

June 23, 2023 ME · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Shaw Earthworks, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Individual stepped on a rock and rolled ankle. EE experienced a high ankle sprain.