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Thorndike & Sons Inc.: 11 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Thorndike & Sons Inc. is a temporarily idled construction sand and gravel surface mine in Franklin County, Maine, operated by Thorndike & Sons Inc. with 0 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1700819). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 11 citations and orders there with $1,532 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1700819
- Status
- Temporarily Idled since October 30, 2024
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Franklin County, Maine
- Nearest town
- Strong
- Operator
- Thorndike & Sons Inc.
- Employees
- 0
- MSHA field office
- Portsmouth NH Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 11
- Significant and substantial
- 2 (18.2%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $1,532
- Amount paid so far
- $1,532
- Inspections
- 4
- Inspector hours on site
- 14
- Citations per inspection
- 2.75 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 9, 2024
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 2 | $809 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | $429 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | $294 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Thorndike & Sons Inc.
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.23002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Other open mines in Franklin County, Maine
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Jay White Quarry | Swensen Granite Company LLC | Franklin County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 28 |
| Rangeley Sand & Gravel | M + H Logging LLC | Franklin County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 10 |
| Manzer Pit | Pike Industries | Franklin County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 6 |
| Chesterville Pit | Castonguay Sand and Gravel LLC | Franklin County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 6 |
| Narrow Gauge Pit | JLC Mining | Franklin County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 4 |
| Oquossoc Shale & Gravel | Oquossoc Shale & Gravel LLC | Franklin County, ME | Common shale | 2 | 4 |
| Phillips Pit | Cousineau Inc | Franklin County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 3 |
| Jci 2650 | Sargent Corporation | Franklin County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 2 |
| 321 Aztec Gt165dt | Sargent Corporation | Franklin County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 2 |
| New Vineyard | Pike Industries | Franklin County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 1 |
| Phillips Mining 2 | Cousineau Inc | Franklin County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 1 |
| Various Rental Screen | Sargent Corporation | Franklin County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 0 |
| Portable Rental Plant | Sargent Corporation | Franklin County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 0 |
| Terex Finlay Screen | Sargent Corporation | Franklin County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 0 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.