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FREEMAN BROOKINGS WASH PLANT: 26 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

FREEMAN ROCK INC · Surface
Controlled by Darrel A Nelson
BROOKINGS, Curry County, OR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3503600

FREEMAN BROOKINGS WASH PLANT has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2005–2007
Latest incident
May 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
26
citations
7
significant & substantial
$2,821
proposed penalties
$2,821
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See FREEMAN ROCK INC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
26
inspections on record
266
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: 266 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

FREEMAN BROOKINGS WASH PLANT has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $276 in penalties contested before the Commission, $276 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-13.
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.
26.9%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
26.9%
reasonably likely or greater
69.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 19.2% low, 80.8% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 12% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 33%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 67%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$276 proposed, $276 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 2010-04-13.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2010-997M Dismissal Lesnick 2010 $216 → $216
WEST 2006-219M Settlement Melick 2006 $60 → $60
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2024-04-11
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2024-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-07-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Truck Driver
2014-11-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-02-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2010-02-04 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 Laborer, Bullgang
2010-02-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.11 0.19 Truck Driver
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. FREEMAN ROCK INC 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 4
2023 4
2022 1
2021 2
2020 4
2019 5
2018 4
2017 4
2016 2
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 2
2011 2
2010 4
2009 4
2008 6
2007 7
2006 7
2005 4
2004 420
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

FREEMAN BROOKINGS WASH PLANT sits in Curry County, Oregon, 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.
Curry County, Oregon · Population 23,463
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$64,769
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 77 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2 1 0 500000.0
2025 Q4 113 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 70 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 250 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 362 0 0 0.0
Show 80 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1 1 0 1000000.0
2024 Q1 268 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 151 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 157 1 0 6369.4
2023 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 137 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1 1 0 1000000.0
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 206 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 69 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 477 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 129 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 187 2 0 10695.2
2019 Q4 313 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 250 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 630 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 384 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 592 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 196 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 647 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 93 2 0 21505.4
2017 Q4 631 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 350 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2 1 1 500000.0
2016 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 190 4 1 21052.6
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 456 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 259 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 133 1 0 7518.8
2014 Q3 69 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 362 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 169 1 0 5917.2
2013 Q4 164 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 539 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 182 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 165 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 29 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 53 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 105 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 149 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 14 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 262 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 263 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 130 2 2 15384.6
2009 Q4 322 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 59 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 907 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 515 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 773 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 786 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 587 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 271 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 194 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,906 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,228 2 0 1628.7
2007 Q1 1,267 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 782 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,473 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 87 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 82 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 219 7 3 31963.5
2005 Q3 441 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 136 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 211 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2007 · 1 incident

May 4, 2007 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
FREEMAN ROCK INC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Climbed down from control tower / jaw button house to retrieve some loose metal from the magnet. It had been sprinking rain, and foot slipped on wet surface. When reaching, lost balance, tried to catch fall with right arm which jerked from body weight and caused some sort of dislocation.

2005 · 1 incident

August 13, 2005 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
FREEMAN ROCK INC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While taking break from operating the excavator, he saw a truck tailgate open and decided to close it for the truck driver. This is not part of his job description.