Fiesler Sand & Gravel LLC has $124K in proposed MSHA penalties and $32K outstanding across 16 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2001–2004
Latest incident
Dec 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
148
citations
28
significant & substantial
$123,631
proposed penalties
$84,616
paid to date
68% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $39,015 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
86
inspections on record
1,172
inspection hours
12.6
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.
148 citations across 1,172 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2014-07-09.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Fiesler Sand & Gravel LLC has $124K in proposed MSHA penalties and $32K outstanding across 16 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.
$124K
proposed penalties
$117K
current assessed
$85K
paid to date
$32K
outstanding
140 assessments are final orders; 16 contested dockets.
Of $61K in penalties contested before the Commission, $54K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-05.
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.
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.
58citations taken to the federal commission · 39% of citations on record
Settled
51 · 88%
Stood as issued
2 · 3%
Vacated or withdrawn
5 · 9%
73%
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 15 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
15%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$66K proposed, $56K 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 2024-11-17.
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.
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: 2025-09-16
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (9)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-09-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2025-09-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
0.74
0.45
Laborer, Bullgang
2019-11-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
Mechanic
2019-11-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-07-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.9
0.23
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-07-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2004-05-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scale Man
2004-05-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.86
0.27
Backhoe Operator
2004-05-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
4
2025
4
2024
4
2023
4
2022
4
2021
4
2020
4
2019
5
2018
5
2017
7
2016
5
2015
5
2014
5
2013
4
2012
4
2011
5
2010
4
2009
0
2008
1
2007
2
2006
2
2005
1
2004
4
2003
3
2002
3
2001
3
2000
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Fiesler Sand & Gravel LLC sits in Erie County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Erie County, Pennsylvania · Population 269,544
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,476
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
LOGGING CHAIN BOUND IN TRACK OF D9G TRACTOR INVISIBLE TO OPERATOR WHEN STARTED TRACTOR. BACKED ABOUT 15 FT, CHAIN TIGHTENED, BROKE & HIT OPERATOR ON SIDE OF NOSE (ABOUT 1" CUT) AND END OF CHIN (ABOUT 1/2" CUT). FOUR STITCHES IN CUT ON NOSE AND 1 STITCH IN CHIN.