Mining Incidents

Westbrook Quarry & Mill Metal/Non-Metal

Pike Industries · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Westbrook, Cumberland County, ME  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1700001

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2000–2007
Latest incident
Sep 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
38
citations
7
significant & substantial
$4,131
proposed penalties
$4,131
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q1 862 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 920 2 0 2173.9
2009 Q3 1,275 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,512 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,367 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 577 3 0 5199.3
2008 Q2 1,532 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2007 · 3 incidents

September 7, 2007 ME · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pike Industries · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Sprained right ankle. Caused by employee bouncing on foot to give momentum to climb ladder into water truck cab. Ladder had been previously modified at this employee's request to make access easier.

July 23, 2007 ME · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pike Industries · Fall to the walkway or working surface

2" pipe laying on shop floor. Miner broke right wrist.

July 5, 2007 ME · Metal/Non-Metal water truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pike Industries · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee strained left shoulder and upper arm accessing water truck cab. Restricted duty to no repetitve lifting over 20 lbs, no pushing/pulling over 20 labs force, no reaching over shoulder, prescribed celebrex and vicoden.

2006 · 1 incident

January 10, 2006 ME · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Rock Industries · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

While removing a layer of screens, employee strained his back as he was pulling and pushing and climbing around in deck.

2004 · 1 incident

November 23, 2004 ME · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Blue Rock Industries · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STARTING EQUIPMENT FOR WARMUP, DOOR HANDLE LEVER BROKE IN HALF CAUSING AND CUT TO RIGHT HAND

2003 · 1 incident

October 31, 2003 ME · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blue Rock Industries · Struck against stationary object

CLEARING MATERIAL FROM JAW CRUSHER WITH A PRY BAR, BAR SLIPPED AND HAND SLAMMED AGAINST A PIECE OF ROCK INJURING RIGHT HAND RING FINGER.

2000 · 1 incident

January 20, 2000 ME · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blue Rock Industries · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING IN NEW TRAIL PULLY ON CONVEYER, USING PRY BAR THAT SLIPPED AND HIT RIGHT HAND ON PULLYTHAT BROKE RING FINGER.