Mining Incidents

Stermer Gravel Pit #1: 15 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Earl Stermer Excavating · Surface
Erin, Chemung County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3002891

Stermer Gravel Pit #1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
15
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,483
proposed penalties
$2,483
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
18
inspections on record
153
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: 153 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Stermer Gravel Pit #1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-08-10.
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.
13.3%
significant & substantial
13.3%
high negligence or reckless
13.3%
reasonably likely or greater
26.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 33.3% low, 53.3% moderate, 13.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Earl Stermer Excavating 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 1
2013 1
2012 2
2011 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Stermer Gravel Pit #1 sits in Chemung County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Chemung County, New York · Population 82,805
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$63,469
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 626 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 738 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 662 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 255 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 760 0 0 0.0
Show 50 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 460 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 380 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,028 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 973 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 47 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 380 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 884 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 820 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 166 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 700 1 0 1428.6
2021 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 28 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 290 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 537 1 1 1862.2
2020 Q2 680 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 606 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 422 2 0 4739.3
2019 Q2 427 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 273 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 384 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 187 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 440 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 140 1 0 7142.9
2016 Q2 68 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 55 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 220 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 515 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 640 2 0 3125.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 62 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 135 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 189 1 0 5291.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 2 0
2012 Q2 56 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 310 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 53 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 60 4 1 66666.7

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.