Mining Incidents

Freedom 2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Joelynne N Hanson
Forest Lake, Washington County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103749

Freedom 2 has $54K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2012–2015
Latest incident
May 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
15
citations
8
significant & substantial
$53,614
proposed penalties
$27,664
paid to date
52% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $25,950 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
7
inspections on record
119
inspection hours
n/a
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: 119 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 2 has $54K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$54K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-08-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2016 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 613 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,473 5 1 3394.4
2015 Q2 2,093 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 407 0 0 0.0
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q2 2,636 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,082 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 173 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,602 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,603 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,201 3 3 2497.9
2012 Q3 2,343 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,590 7 4 2702.7
2012 Q1 537 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,633 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2015 · 1 incident

May 13, 2015 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
HanSon Custom Crushing, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MACHINE MAINTENANCE- WORKER CAUGHT BETWEEN MOBILE AND STATIONARY PART

2012 · 2 incidents

June 8, 2012 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
HanSon Custom Crushing, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Maintenance 0n crusher hood replacing wear plates. Hood falling forward ground soft 1.5 inches of rain night before

June 8, 2012 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
HanSon Custom Crushing, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Maintenance on crusher hood replacing wear plates Hood falling forward ground soft 1.5 inches of rain night before.

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The full compliance file on Freedom 2

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