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FRUEH MINE SITE: 54 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

PETER K FRUEH INC · Surface
Controlled by Peter K Frueh
Feura Bush, Albany County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3003473

FRUEH MINE SITE has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Oct 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
54
citations
12
significant & substantial
$7,243
proposed penalties
$7,243
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See PETER K FRUEH INC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
33
inspections on record
341
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: 341 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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: 2026-08-12.
On record since 2026.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

FRUEH MINE SITE has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
44 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-12-30.
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.
22.6%
significant & substantial
9.4%
high negligence or reckless
22.6%
reasonably likely or greater
45.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 22.6% low, 67.9% moderate, 9.4% 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.
14 citations taken to the federal commission · 26% of citations on record
  • Settled 14 · 100%
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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $3K 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 2023-07-27.
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
YORK 2023-0109 Settlement 2024 $3K → $3K
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: 2026-08-17
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-08-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2012-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Peter K Frueh Inc 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 5
2024 6
2023 7
2022 8
2021 6
2020 5
2019 6
2018 5
2017 5
2016 6
2015 4
2014 3
2013 4
2012 5
2011 4
2010 5
2009 5
2008 5
2007 4
2006 4
2005 2
2004 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

FRUEH MINE SITE sits in Albany County, New York, 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.
Albany County, New York · Population 315,374
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$83,149
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 1,668 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 479 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,152 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,210 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,005 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 430 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,102 2 1 1814.9
2024 Q3 1,178 0 0 0.0
Show 80 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,563 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,206 2 0 1658.4
2023 Q4 1,290 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,464 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,384 14 5 10115.6
2023 Q1 724 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,704 2 0 1173.7
2022 Q3 1,635 1 0 611.6
2022 Q2 1,200 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 751 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 748 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,014 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 892 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 418 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 889 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,100 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,338 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,770 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,246 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,260 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 778 1 0 1285.3
2019 Q1 340 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 687 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,101 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,017 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 521 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,006 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,115 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 809 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 530 1 0 1886.8
2016 Q4 1,031 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 958 4 0 4175.4
2016 Q2 565 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 802 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 961 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 422 3 0 7109.0
2015 Q2 644 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 295 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 612 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 705 3 0 4255.3
2014 Q2 1,142 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 148 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 511 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 604 4 0 6622.5
2013 Q2 1,020 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 453 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,363 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,061 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,003 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 529 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,130 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,025 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 826 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 949 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 949 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 776 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,490 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,281 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,189 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,213 2 1 1648.8
2009 Q2 1,237 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,264 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 884 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,098 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,739 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 753 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 660 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 506 2 0 3952.6
2007 Q2 883 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 361 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 460 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 411 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 698 2 1 2865.3
2006 Q1 1,399 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 174 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 128 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

October 15, 2008 NY · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peter K Frueh Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Walking up & down a hill carrying loading poles, pulled groin.