Cape Cod Aggregates Freetown has $93K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2010–2025
Latest incident
May 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
163
citations
47
significant & substantial
$93,383
proposed penalties
$88,346
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,037 gap.
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 904 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cape Cod Aggregates Freetown has $93K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$93K
proposed penalties
$93K
current assessed
$88K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
163 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $28K in penalties contested before the Commission, $28K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
6citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
6 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$28K proposed, $28K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2024-06-16.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2023-08-22, 3 years ago
14%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz91 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (14)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2023-06-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.98
0.75
1.31
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-08-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.5
1.64
0.30
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-06-20
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-06-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
0.92
0.38
Utility Man
2020-02-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-01-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
Backhoe Operator
2019-01-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
Backhoe Operator
2016-05-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.88
1.95
0.96
Laborer, Bullgang
2016-05-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.44
0.49
0.90
Supervisor, Co. Official
2016-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2016-05-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.56
0.38
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-05-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.54
0.33
Laborer, Bullgang
2010-01-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-01-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Cape Cod Aggregates Freetown recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Massachusetts, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.42 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
4.77
4.77
0.000
2023 *
5.39
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
12.05
6.03
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
7.24
7.24
0.000
2018 *
6.46
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
17
2025
17
2024
18
2023
17
2022
16
2021
16
2020
13
2019
13
2018
14
2017
13
2016
12
2015
10
2014
11
2013
8
2012
10
2011
10
2010
10
2009
7
2008
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Cape Cod Aggregates Freetown sits in Bristol County, Massachusetts, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Bristol County, Massachusetts · Population 578,436
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$84,198
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2
6,339
3
1
473.3
2026 Q1
9,901
2
0
202.0
2025 Q4
5,330
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
9,376
6
2
639.9
2025 Q2
10,527
2
1
190.0
2025 Q1
10,062
4
0
397.5
2024 Q4
8,924
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
11,136
0
0
0.0
Show 66 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
11,904
10
3
840.1
2024 Q1
9,977
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
9,981
12
2
1202.3
2023 Q3
8,960
1
1
111.6
2023 Q2
9,126
5
1
547.9
2023 Q1
9,058
10
4
1104.0
2022 Q4
8,277
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
9,065
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
8,727
1
0
114.6
2022 Q1
6,976
5
1
716.7
2021 Q4
8,986
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
10,071
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
7,944
5
3
629.4
2021 Q1
6,187
4
0
646.5
2020 Q4
8,185
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
5,150
2
1
388.3
2020 Q2
7,308
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
7,145
2
2
279.9
2019 Q4
6,352
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
6,602
1
1
151.5
2019 Q2
8,002
3
0
374.9
2019 Q1
6,666
3
1
450.0
2018 Q4
7,249
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
8,065
2
0
248.0
2018 Q2
7,761
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
7,870
1
0
127.1
2017 Q4
7,344
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
7,133
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
8,187
6
3
732.9
2017 Q1
8,180
10
4
1222.5
2016 Q4
8,199
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
8,197
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
7,476
2
0
267.5
2016 Q1
6,324
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
7,241
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
6,369
9
6
1413.1
2015 Q2
5,921
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
4,401
4
2
908.9
2014 Q4
6,432
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
5,540
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
5,405
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
6,283
5
2
795.8
2013 Q4
5,913
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
4,746
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
4,558
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
2,916
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
5,110
3
0
587.1
2012 Q3
6,222
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
5,882
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
4,709
2
0
424.7
2011 Q4
5,249
2
0
381.0
2011 Q3
6,926
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
6,246
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
4,052
5
2
1234.0
2010 Q4
6,254
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
6,156
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
5,700
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
2,721
4
3
1470.0
2009 Q4
5,436
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
3,617
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
2,787
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
3,731
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
3,358
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
3,316
12
0
3618.8
2008 Q2
2,825
2
0
708.0
2008 Q1
1,293
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
14 on file
2025 · 1 incident
May 29, 2025MA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee wasn't paying attention to where EE was going and walked into a guard with their face. EE has damage to the teeth and they're checking EE's head and shoulder for other injuries.
2023 · 1 incident
August 9, 2023MA · Metal/Non-Metaldryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was loosening the ball valve on the Deister Triple Deck Wash Plant. Employee was using a pipe wrench and felt a pain in this shoulder. Employee left work and consulted a Doctor.
Employee was driving a haul truck, hit a bump and hit their head on the roof. Employee said they were wearing the seatbelt. Driver had the seat adjusted too high, was possibly driving too fast and wasn't reading the road. Employee did not report the incident until 2/16/17 after a Dr's visit where they were given the diagnosis of cervical strain.
2016 · 2 incidents
October 19, 2016MA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSTRIKING OR BUMPING
Worker walked into a safety screen while checking a problem with the portable plant. Worker was wearing a hard hat and safety glasses and still scraped upper cheekbone, nose and eye.
September 13, 2016MA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Slip and Fall due to extremely low temperatures and icy conditions in the yard. Sand had been put down to prevent this, but the sand and snow wore down and this icy patch unknowingly was exposed as workers traversed the area.
Rocks bridged up in the hopper and spilled over the edge. When EE went to clear the jam - he rolled his ankle on the spilt rocks while walking to the hopper.