FREEDOM QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal
DOUGLAS W. JONES, INC.
· Surface
Controlled by
Matthew Douglas Jones
Oxford,
Oxford County,
ME
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1700914
FREEDOM QUARRY has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $621 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
35
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,332
proposed penalties
$3,711
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $621 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
14
inspections on record
256
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: 256 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 QUARRY has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $621 outstanding across 1 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.$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$621
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-31.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
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 | 1,450 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2,475 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2,795 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 518 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,290 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,294 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 2,710 | 1 | 1 | 369.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,015 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 1,943 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,733 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 2,163 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 982 | 6 | 1 | 6110.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 2,297 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,237 | 5 | 2 | 2235.1 |
| 2022 Q1 | 950 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 570 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 2,382 | 1 | 0 | 419.8 |
| 2017 Q3 | 2,285 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 2,520 | 2 | 0 | 793.7 |
| 2017 Q1 | 754 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 2,174 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 3,200 | 5 | 2 | 1562.5 |
| 2016 Q2 | 2,647 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 865 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 3,051 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 2,669 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,987 | 1 | 0 | 503.3 |
| 2015 Q1 | 220 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 2,298 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 2,193 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 813 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 220 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 1,035 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 1,371 | 10 | 0 | 7293.9 |
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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