Oswald R Kinas controller
MSHA controller ID: 0041771
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 17
- Mines on record
- 3
- Years on record
- 2005–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
172
citations
36
significant & substantial
$39,373
proposed penalties
$36,587
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,786 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
137
inspections on record
1,525
inspection hours
11.3
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.172 citations across 1,525 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$39K
proposed penalties
$37K
current assessed
$37K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
170 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 7 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 4 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
- OTHER 1 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
1
2024
1
2020
1
2019
1
2017
1
2014
1
2012
2
2011
1
2010
1
2009
1
2008
2
2007
2
2006
1
2005
1
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Linck-Unit #2 WI
- Linck-Unit #3 WI
- Linck-Unit #1 WI
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