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Freedom Mine, Mercer County, North Dakota: 60 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Freedom Mine is an active coal (lignite) surface mine in Mercer County, North Dakota, operated by The Coteau Properties Company with 497 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 3200595). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 60 citations and orders there with $12,527 in proposed penalties, and 12 accident reports were filed there, with 11 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 3200595
- Status
- Active since October 1, 1978
- Main commodity
- Coal (lignite)
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Mercer County, North Dakota
- Nearest town
- Beulah
- Operator
- The Coteau Properties Company
- Parent company
- Nacco Industries Inc
- Employees
- 497
- MSHA field office
- Rapid City SD Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 60
- Significant and substantial
- 6 (10.0%)
- Closure orders
- 3
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $12,527
- Amount paid so far
- $11,568
- Inspections
- 17
- Inspector hours on site
- 996
- Citations per inspection
- 3.53 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 12
- Injury and illness cases
- 11
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- August 24, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 5 ($445 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | $348 | 1 |
| 2023 | 10 | 0 | $1,769 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | $1,238 | 4 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | $2,701 | 3 |
| 2026 | 33 | 5 | $6,471 | 1 |
Standards cited most at Freedom Mine
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 77.404 | Surface coal mines, safety | 11 |
| 30 CFR 77.205 | Surface coal mines, safety | 10 |
| 30 CFR 77.1606 | Surface coal mines, safety | 5 |
| 30 CFR 77.400 | Surface coal mines, safety | 5 |
| 30 CFR 77.1104 | Surface coal mines, safety | 5 |
| 30 CFR 77.512 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 48.27 | Training of miners | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1607 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.208 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.505 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1110 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 47.44 | Hazard communication | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.604 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.502 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1101 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Freedom Mine
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 6 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 5 |
What the accident reports at Freedom Mine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Machinery | 3 |
| Slip or fall of person | 3 |
| Handling of materials | 2 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 2 |
| Stepping or kneeling on object | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Freedom Mine
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Bulldozer | 3 |
| Shovel | 3 |
| Hand tools (not powered) | 2 |
| Trucks | 1 |
| Road grader | 1 |
| Hand tools (powered) | 1 |
Other open mines in Mercer County, North Dakota
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beulah Mine | Westmoreland Beulah Mining LLC | Mercer County, ND | Coal (lignite) | 30 | 69 |
| Energy Sand Solutions-Hazen | Energy Sand Solutions LLC | Mercer County, ND | Sand, common | 7 | 24 |
| Coyote Creek Mine | Coyote Creek Mining Company, L.L.C. | Mercer County, ND | Coal (lignite) | 115 | 20 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.