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John J Kinsella controller

MSHA controller ID: M06315

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
27
Mines on record
6
Years on record
2002–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
194
citations
31
significant & substantial
$29,851
proposed penalties
$28,324
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,527 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
177
inspections on record
2,364
inspection hours
8.2
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.
194 citations across 2,364 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$30K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
187 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2025
2
2024
1
2022
3
2021
1
2020
1
2018
4
2017
2
2016
1
2013
2
2012
2 (1f)
2009
1
2008
1
2007
2
2003
3
2002
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
June 21, 2012 NY · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
T. H. Kinsella, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Customer was driving loaded dump truck down a grade when the truck went out of control. He jumped from the cab and was run over by the truck. Truck involved in accident was owned by a customer, not a contractor or mine operator.

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