Data / Mines / Maine / West Bethel Pit
West Bethel Pit, Oxford County, Maine: 10 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
West Bethel Pit is a temporarily idled construction sand and gravel surface mine in Oxford County, Maine, operated by Coleman Concrete Inc. with 0 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1701069). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 10 citations and orders there with $1,389 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1701069
- Status
- Temporarily Idled since August 12, 2025
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Oxford County, Maine
- Nearest town
- West Bethel
- Operator
- Coleman Concrete Inc.
- Employees
- 0
- MSHA field office
- Portsmouth NH Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 10
- Significant and substantial
- 2 (20.0%)
- Closure orders
- 1
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $1,389
- Amount paid so far
- $1,389
- Inspections
- 5
- Inspector hours on site
- 24
- Citations per inspection
- 2.00 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- August 14, 2025
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 | 8 | 2 | $1,103 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | $286 | 0 |
Standards cited most at West Bethel 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 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 1 |
| 30 CFR 41.11 | Notice of legal identity | 1 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.9300 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 46.6 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.18010 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.18002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11012 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Other open mines in Oxford County, Maine
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swasey Excavation | Steve Swasey, Inc. | Oxford County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 16 |
| Freedom Quarry | Douglas W. Jones, Inc. | Oxford County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 14 |
| Albany Pit | Drew Corporation | Oxford County, ME | Crushed, broken stone | 4 | 13 |
| The Rawson 4832 | The Poland Corporation | Oxford County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 12 |
| K&W Aggregates LLC | K&W Aggregates LLC | Oxford County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 9 |
| A&b Crushing & Screening | A&b Crushing & Screening | Oxford County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 9 |
| Savage Contracting Inc | Savage Contracting Inc | Oxford County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 8 |
| Mount Mica | Coromoto Minerals LLC | Oxford County, ME | Gemstones | 2 | 8 |
| Bethel Airport Pit | Douglas W. Jones, Inc. | Oxford County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 0 | 7 |
| Wilson Pit & Plant | D.a. Wilson Co., LLC | Oxford County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 6 |
| Crooker Mine | Coromoto Minerals LLC | Oxford County, ME | Gemstones | 2 | 6 |
| Douglass Portable Unit | Richard a Douglass Inc | Oxford County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 5 |
| Shoestring Pit | Coleman Concrete Inc. | Oxford County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 0 | 3 |
| Eci Materials | Eci Materials | Oxford County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 2 |
| Cec Jaw | A&b Crushing & Screening | Oxford County, ME | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 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.