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Watchic Pit, Cumberland County, Maine: 3 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Watchic Pit is an active construction sand and gravel surface mine in Cumberland County, Maine, operated by Shaw Earthworks, Inc. with 1 employee on MSHA's record (mine ID 1700998). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 3 citations and orders there with $423 in proposed penalties, and 1 accident report was filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1700998
- Status
- Active since October 16, 2024
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Cumberland County, Maine
- Nearest town
- Standish
- Operator
- Shaw Earthworks, Inc.
- Employees
- 1
- MSHA field office
- Portsmouth NH Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 3
- Significant and substantial
- 0 (0.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $423
- Amount paid so far
- $423
- Inspections
- 8
- Inspector hours on site
- 29
- Citations per inspection
- 0.38 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 1
- Injury and illness cases
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- September 1, 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 | 1 | 0 | $133 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | $143 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | $147 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Watchic Pit
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 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.23002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Watchic Pit
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 1 |
What the accident reports at Watchic Pit describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Stepping or kneeling on object | 1 |
Other open mines in Cumberland County, Maine
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heath Quarry | P & K Sand & Gravel Inc | Cumberland County, ME | Crushed, broken stone | 12 | 31 |
| Telsmith Crusher Plant | Shaw Brothers Construction, Inc. | Cumberland County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 20 |
| Copp Excavation, Inc | Copp Excavation Inc | Cumberland County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 19 |
| Portable Plant | Leavitt Earthworks Co, Inc. | Cumberland County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 13 |
| Maxwell Pit | J Maxwell Trucking & Excavation Inc | Cumberland County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 12 |
| Gray Pit | Shaw Brothers Construction, Inc. | Cumberland County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 11 |
| Brandy Brook Quarry | R J Grondin & Sons | Cumberland County, ME | Crushed, broken stone | 4 | 9 |
| River Road Pit | C R Tandberg Inc | Cumberland County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 9 |
| C-Pit Quarry | P. Y. Estes & Son, Inc. | Cumberland County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 8 |
| Libby Pit | R. Rolfe Corporation | Cumberland County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 7 |
| Portable Crusher #2 | R S Pidacks Inc | Cumberland County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 6 |
| Storey Brothers, Inc. | Storey Brothers, Inc. | Cumberland County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 6 |
| Baxter Pit | Woods Excavating, LLC. | Cumberland County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 6 |
| Lokotrack LT120 | Shaw Brothers Construction, Inc. | Cumberland County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 6 |
| Burnell Pit | George Anderson & Sons, Inc. | Cumberland County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 5 |
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.