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Highland Quarry, Hancock County, Maine: 6 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Highland Quarry is an intermittent construction sand and gravel surface mine in Hancock County, Maine, operated by Hughes Brothers Incorp with 2 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1700942). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 6 citations and orders there with $1,343 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1700942
- Status
- Intermittent since November 17, 2014
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Hancock County, Maine
- Nearest town
- Dedham
- Operator
- Hughes Brothers Incorp
- Employees
- 2
- MSHA field office
- Portsmouth NH Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 6
- Significant and substantial
- 3 (50.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 1
- Proposed penalties
- $1,343
- Amount paid so far
- $1,343
- Inspections
- 5
- Inspector hours on site
- 22
- Citations per inspection
- 1.20 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- November 2, 2026
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 | 2 | 1 | $277 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | $143 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 | $923 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Highland Quarry
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 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14130 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Other open mines in Hancock County, Maine
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portable Ac Crusher | Harold Mac Quinn Inc | Hancock County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 35 |
| Ellsworth Portable Plant | R.F. Jordan & Sons Inc. | Hancock County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 30 |
| Doug Gott & Sons Inc Portable SC | Doug Gott & Sons Inc | Hancock County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 18 |
| Garland Road Pit | Holyoke Construction, Inc. | Hancock County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 17 |
| Crotch Island | Georgia Stone Management LLC | Hancock County, ME | Dimension stone | 3 | 12 |
| Astec GT205 Screen | Elliott Jordan & Son | Hancock County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 10 | 9 |
| Bass Harbor Portable Plant | Doug Gott & Sons Inc | Hancock County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 8 |
| Dority Pit | Whitmore Contracting Inc. | Hancock County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 8 |
| Northwoods Quarry | Northwoods Granite and Landscapes Inc | Hancock County, ME | Dimension granite | 3 | 7 |
| East Blue Hill Pit, Portable #1 | M E Astbury & Son Inc | Hancock County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 7 |
| Whales Back Quarry | Bald Mountain LLC | Hancock County, ME | Dimension granite | 3 | 6 |
| Spyder 516T | K J Dugas Construction Inc | Hancock County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 5 |
| Kleemann Evo | K J Dugas Construction Inc | Hancock County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 5 |
| BFP Mine | Beach Front Properties, LLC | Hancock County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 5 |
| Web LLC | Clarke Construction LLC | Hancock County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 4 |
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.