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Portable Plant, Penobscot County, Maine: 16 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Portable Plant is an intermittent construction sand and gravel surface mine in Penobscot County, Maine, operated by Ha Higgins and Son Inc with 2 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1701060). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 16 citations and orders there with $2,120 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1701060
- Status
- Intermittent since October 1, 2026
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Penobscot County, Maine
- Nearest town
- Charleston
- Operator
- Ha Higgins and Son Inc
- Employees
- 2
- MSHA field office
- Portsmouth NH Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 16
- Significant and substantial
- 3 (18.8%)
- Closure orders
- 3
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $2,120
- Amount paid so far
- $2,120
- Inspections
- 7
- Inspector hours on site
- 22
- Citations per inspection
- 2.29 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- August 24, 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 | 15 | 3 | $1,973 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | $147 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Portable Plant
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 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.1000 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 41.20 | Notice of legal identity | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.9300 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14130 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.15001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.18002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 46.3 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 47.31 | Hazard communication | 1 |
| 30 CFR 46.6 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 1 |
Other open mines in Penobscot County, Maine
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B & C Sand and Gravel, Inc. | B & C Sand and Gravel, Inc. | Penobscot County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 36 |
| Etna Quarry | B & C Sand and Gravel, Inc. | Penobscot County, ME | Crushed, broken stone | 2 | 25 |
| Pioneer 3055 #810005 | Sargent Corporation | Penobscot County, ME | Crushed, broken stone | 8 | 21 |
| Lee's Readi Mix | Emery Lee & Sons Inc | Penobscot County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 9 |
| Gravel Pit-Thornton | Thornton Construction Inc | Penobscot County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 8 |
| Portable Crushing Operation | Superior Crushing, Inc. | Penobscot County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 8 |
| Passadumkeag Pit | Streets Landscape & Lawn Care Inc | Penobscot County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 8 |
| Chip Mill Pit | W. T. Gardner & Sons, Inc. | Penobscot County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 8 |
| Frink Pit | Whitmore Contracting Inc. | Penobscot County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 7 |
| TC Gravel Springy Pond Pit | Atlantic Landscape Construction, Inc | Penobscot County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 7 |
| Odlin Road Mill & Quarry | Eurovia Atlantic Coast LLC | Penobscot County, ME | Crushed, broken traprock | 12 | 6 |
| Greenbush Wash Plant | Owen J Folsom Inc | Penobscot County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 6 |
| Queen City Quarry | Sargent Corporation | Penobscot County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 5 |
| Astec 350 P212209 | Eurovia Atlantic Coast LLC | Penobscot County, ME | Crushed, broken stone | 2 | 4 |
| Portable Primary Pioneer 30X42 | Owen J Folsom Inc | Penobscot County, ME | Crushed, broken stone | 3 | 3 |
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.