Freedom Metal/Non-Metal
Premier, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Lane Buchert; Evan Buchert
Emmett,
Idaho County,
ID
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1002279
Freedom has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
57
citations
16
significant & substantial
$27,251
proposed penalties
$27,251
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
29
inspections on record
291
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 291 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Freedom has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$27K
proposed penalties
$27K
current assessed
$27K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
57 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 5,535 | 5 | 0 | 903.3 |
| 2025 Q3 | 5,090 | 15 | 6 | 2947.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 4,836 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 5,766 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 5,525 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 6,802 | 1 | 0 | 147.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 4,903 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 6,596 | 2 | 1 | 303.2 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 7,878 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 4,438 | 2 | 0 | 450.7 |
| 2023 Q2 | 5,229 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 3,868 | 1 | 0 | 258.5 |
| 2022 Q4 | 5,487 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 4,361 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 4,685 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 7,282 | 4 | 1 | 549.3 |
| 2021 Q4 | 4,202 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 4,458 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 9,079 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 4,899 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 5,012 | 1 | 0 | 199.5 |
| 2020 Q3 | 5,098 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 7,075 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 8,421 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 4,300 | 3 | 1 | 697.7 |
| 2019 Q3 | 2,370 | 6 | 1 | 2531.6 |
| 2019 Q2 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 1,300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 3,605 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 3,693 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 5,115 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 3,597 | 8 | 3 | 2224.1 |
| 2017 Q4 | 4,054 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 2,073 | 5 | 1 | 2412.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 6,947 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 2,529 | 3 | 2 | 1186.2 |
| 2016 Q4 | 1,515 | 1 | 0 | 660.1 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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