Mining Incidents

Freedom Portable Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Portable, Cole County, MO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2302354

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2009–2018
Latest incident
Aug 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
29
citations
9
significant & substantial
$3,717
proposed penalties
$3,717
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 5,618 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,526 1 0 181.0
2025 Q2 5,123 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 374 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,041 1 0 247.5
2024 Q3 4,893 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,177 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 22 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2018 · 1 incident

August 21, 2018 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Quarries Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was cleaning up a area of some 6x6 blocks and putting them in the bobcat bucket. EE lost one end of the block and pinched the pinky finger on the block underneath.

2017 · 1 incident

October 11, 2017 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Capital Quarries Company · Struck by flying object

The employee was using a 8" hand held grinder to square up the excavator bucket pin boss face. When grinding employee got a piece of steel in left eye. Employee received medical treatment to have it removed.

2015 · 1 incident

December 23, 2015 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Quarries Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The employee was in process of replacing a hydraulic cylinder on crusher and the cylinder slid down and caught his pinky finger. The employee received two stiches and some glue.

2012 · 1 incident

October 30, 2012 MO · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Quarries Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was in the process of changing a pressure relieve switch when it suddenly blew off. The reason why this occurred is because the employee failed to let off the hydraulic system resulting in the incident. The employee was hit in the right eye with hydraulic oil Sent to local ER for a complete eye washing and medication.

2009 · 2 incidents

August 5, 2009 MO · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Quarries Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The impact crusher had stalled leaving rock lodged inside. Employee's were rolling boulder out of impactor when employee's hand was caught cutting his finger. The two employees were not communicating together and the rock slid onto the employee's hand causing the injury.

February 12, 2009 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Capital Quarries Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated that he has been wearing proper hearing protection while working around equipment. Employee also stated that he has started to wear hearing protection while working at home. He is unsure why there was a change in his hearing.