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Freedom Material Resources: 74 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Robert Orr
West Frankfort, Franklin County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1103191

Freedom Material Resources has $13K 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
2
Years on record
2008–2011
Latest incident
Jun 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
74
citations
17
significant & substantial
$13,088
proposed penalties
$13,088
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Freedom Material Resources's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
32
inspections on record
446
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: 446 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 Material Resources has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
74 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-11-09.
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.
23.0%
significant & substantial
4.1%
high negligence or reckless
23.0%
reasonably likely or greater
27.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.8% low, 85.1% moderate, 4.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2013-01-29, 13 years ago
32%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
29
samples
28
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz219 over
  • Arsenic dust3
  • Beryllium dust3
  • Cadmium dust & salts3
Show the individual readings (56)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-03-17 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 12.76 10 1.28 Bagging Operator
2009-03-17 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 13.66 10 1.37 Bagging Operator
2008-08-06 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 10.69 10 1.07 Bagging Operator
2008-05-06 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 11.14 10 1.11 Bagging Operator
2008-05-06 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 16.15 10 1.62 Bagging Operator
2008-05-06 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 12.81 10 1.28 Bagging Operator
2008-03-26 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 30.09 10 3.01 Bagging Operator
2008-03-26 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 19.31 10 1.93 Bagging Operator
2008-03-26 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 17.71 10 1.77 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Vanadium dust 0.12 500 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Manganese dust 0 5 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Molybdenum dust 0 10 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Nickel dust & salts 0 1 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Vanadium dust 0.06 500 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Arsenic dust 0.34 500 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Beryllium dust 0 2 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Cadmium dust & salts 0 200 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Chromium, soluble 0 500 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Cobalt dust 0 100 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Copper dust and mist 0 1 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Lead, inorganic dust 0.33 150 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Manganese dust 0 5 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Molybdenum dust 0 10 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Nickel dust & salts 0 1 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Arsenic dust 0 500 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Beryllium dust 0 2 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Cadmium dust & salts 0 200 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Chromium, soluble 0 500 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Cobalt dust 0 100 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Copper dust and mist 0 1 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Lead, inorganic dust 0.27 150 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Manganese dust 0 5 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Molybdenum dust 0 10 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Nickel dust & salts 0 1 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Vanadium dust 0.09 500 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Arsenic dust 0 500 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Beryllium dust 0 2 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Cadmium dust & salts 0 200 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Chromium, soluble 0 500 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Cobalt dust 0 100 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Copper dust and mist 0 1 0.00 Bagging Operator
2013-01-29 Lead, inorganic dust 0.28 150 0.00 Bagging Operator
2011-09-07 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 4.39 10 0.44 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-03-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2009-05-20 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 5.1 10 0.51 Bagging Operator
2009-05-20 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 5.84 10 0.58 Bagging Operator
2009-05-20 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 3.17 10 0.32 Bagging Operator
2009-03-17 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 8.15 10 0.82 Bagging Operator
2009-03-17 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 6.63 10 0.66 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2008-08-06 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 9.89 10 0.99 Bagging Operator
2008-08-06 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.64 10 0.26 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2008-08-06 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 7.39 10 0.74 Bagging Operator
2008-06-05 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.96 10 0.30 Bagging Operator
2008-06-05 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 10 0.03 Bobcat Operator
2008-06-05 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.29 10 0.23 Bagging Operator
2008-06-05 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.83 10 0.28 Bagging 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.
Ownership history
  1. Freedom Material Resources 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 3
2015 5
2014 7
2013 7
2012 6
2011 5
2010 4
2009 6
2008 4
2007 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Freedom Material Resources sits in Franklin County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 2.6% 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.
Franklin County, Illinois · Population 37,541
2.6%
Mining share of county employment
$53,471
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
2016 Q1 1,501 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,019 2 0 990.6
2015 Q3 2,849 11 6 3861.0
2015 Q2 2,312 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,858 11 2 3848.8
2014 Q4 3,182 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,305 1 0 302.6
2014 Q2 4,296 0 0 0.0
Show 26 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q1 3,675 2 1 544.2
2013 Q4 3,412 1 1 293.1
2013 Q3 4,051 6 2 1481.1
2013 Q2 3,130 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,052 2 0 655.3
2012 Q4 2,518 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,009 3 1 748.3
2012 Q2 3,277 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,208 3 1 935.2
2011 Q4 4,580 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,147 6 2 1906.6
2011 Q2 1,933 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,180 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,997 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,300 2 0 869.6
2010 Q2 1,793 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,556 9 1 5784.1
2009 Q4 1,500 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,747 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,751 3 0 799.8
2009 Q1 3,592 4 0 1113.6
2008 Q4 2,355 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,000 4 0 2000.0
2008 Q2 1,897 2 0 1054.3
2008 Q1 2,338 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2011 · 1 incident

June 21, 2011 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Freedom Material Resources · Flash burns (electric)

EE was cleaning out under the tail pulley of the dryer feed there were some bare wires that contacted the belt guard. It did not shock him but his right elbow was close enough that it burned him. It appeared to be a minor burn.

2008 · 1 incident

May 29, 2008 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Freedom Material Resources · Struck by falling object

EE was wrapping a pallet of supersacks and fell on a pallet that was next to him.