Mining Incidents

STILES PIT: 104 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

CHARLES FRIEDMAN EXCAVATING INC · Surface
Controlled by Charles Friedman
Fort Ann, Washington County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3002294

STILES PIT has $18K 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 2000
104
citations
24
significant & substantial
$18,409
proposed penalties
$18,409
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
45
inspections on record
559
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: 559 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: 2017-11-20.
On record since 2017.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

STILES PIT has $18K 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
103 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-02.
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.
23.3%
significant & substantial
9.7%
high negligence or reckless
23.3%
reasonably likely or greater
49.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 31.1% low, 59.2% moderate, 9.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2025-10-02
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg11
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-10-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-06-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2023-06-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-06-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2019-10-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-10-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 0.79 0.59 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2017-11-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-11-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Building Repair/Maint.
2010-10-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-10-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-04-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.06 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-30 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.35 Front-end Loader Operator
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. Arthur M Stiles 1978 to 1993
  2. Frank Parrish 1993 to 1997
  3. Charles Friedman Excavating Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 4
2017 2
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 2
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 3
2005 2
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

STILES PIT sits in Washington County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Washington County, New York · Population 60,883
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$72,342
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 1,109 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 983 3 0 3051.9
2025 Q3 1,289 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 952 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 246 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,166 2 0 1715.3
2024 Q3 1,414 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 978 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 264 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,576 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,815 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,899 1 0 526.6
2023 Q1 855 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,845 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,136 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,309 4 1 3055.8
2022 Q1 77 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,730 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,032 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,860 2 0 1075.3
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 1,529 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,232 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 952 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 244 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,116 4 1 1890.4
2019 Q3 2,026 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,411 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 1,595 3 0 1880.9
2018 Q3 2,757 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,456 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 697 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,206 7 3 5804.3
2017 Q3 2,093 9 2 4300.0
2017 Q2 1,230 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 670 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,302 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,697 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,585 2 0 1261.8
2016 Q1 314 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,740 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,476 6 2 4065.0
2015 Q2 1,248 10 2 8012.8
2015 Q1 950 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,303 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 630 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,009 2 0 1982.2
2014 Q1 418 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 668 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 889 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 660 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q3 593 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 581 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 181 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 667 2 0 2998.5
2011 Q3 646 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 528 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 41 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 698 1 0 1432.7
2010 Q3 781 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 479 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 585 3 2 5128.2
2009 Q3 1,223 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 654 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 467 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 650 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,062 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 199 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 672 9 2 13392.9
2007 Q3 1,884 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,472 7 2 4755.4
2007 Q1 125 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,049 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,704 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,837 2 1 1088.7
2006 Q1 1,757 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,737 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,966 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 649 1 0 1540.8
2005 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 623 1 1 1605.1
2004 Q3 553 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 560 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 474 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 449 3 2 6681.5
2003 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 520 4 1 7692.3
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 520 2 0 3846.2
2002 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 520 3 0 5769.2
2000 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0

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.