Mining Incidents

Whitefield Pit And Mill Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Thomas C Sturgeon
Whitefield, Lincoln County, ME  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1700136

Whitefield Pit And Mill has $989 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
4
Years on record
2021–2025
Latest incident
Aug 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
7
citations
0
significant & substantial
$989
proposed penalties
$989
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
9
inspections on record
87
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: 87 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Whitefield Pit And Mill has $989 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.
$989
proposed penalties
$989
current assessed
$989
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 3,077 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,727 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,703 1 0 270.1
2025 Q1 2,719 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,928 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,910 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,376 2 0 592.4
2024 Q1 2,530 0 0 0.0
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,796 2 0 526.9
2023 Q3 3,591 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,503 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,798 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,520 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,486 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,356 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,296 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,491 1 0 222.7
2021 Q3 4,491 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,982 1 0 335.3
2021 Q1 1,666 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2025 · 1 incident

August 1, 2025 ME · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crooker Construction, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

There was no known event that caused an injury. the employee went to their own doctors because they thought they had appendicitis and turned out to be a hernia that was later determined by the doctors to be work related.

2023 · 2 incidents

August 2, 2023 ME · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crooker Construction, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While installing the guard on the motor on new screen deck with another employee the tip of the right middle finger was crushed and fractured.

June 10, 2023 ME · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crooker Construction, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While removing the old Benshaw soft start, the soft start cabinet tipped into an 8 foot florescent light causing it to shatter and fall and cut one of maintenance personal resulting in stitches.

2021 · 1 incident

October 5, 2021 ME · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crooker Construction, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Moving a water pump over a mound of dirt with another employee and awkwardly moved and strained back.

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