Mining Incidents

Freeman Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Post Falls, Kootenai County, ID  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1002299

Freeman Pit has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2018
Latest incident
Sep 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
39
citations
7
significant & substantial
$8,654
proposed penalties
$7,719
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $935 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
9
inspections on record
155
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: 155 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 Pit has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
39 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-02-02.
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
2021 Q3 1,512 1 0 661.4
2021 Q2 5,876 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,747 1 1 266.9
2020 Q4 10,235 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,426 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 9,922 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,519 24 6 5310.9
2019 Q4 4,493 0 0 0.0
Show 5 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q3 5,426 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,870 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,552 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,598 3 0 833.8
2018 Q3 3,353 3 0 894.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2018 · 1 incident

September 21, 2018 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
JMAC Resources · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

While tightening take-up on the jaw under conveyor from a kneeling position. Employee pulled on a socket wrench and strained their left rib area.

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