Mining Incidents

KINIRY MINE: 10 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

SCOTT EXCAVATING · Surface
Controlled by Scott O Kiniry
Verbank, Dutchess County, NY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3003829

KINIRY MINE has $2K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
10
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,195
proposed penalties
$2,195
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
19
inspections on record
182
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: 182 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

KINIRY MINE has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $114 in penalties contested before the Commission, $114 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-02-15.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
10.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
70.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 50.0% low, 40.0% moderate, 10.0% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 10% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$114 proposed, $114 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 2016-09-21.
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 2016-0146 Settlement McCarthy 2017 $114 → $114
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Scott Excavating 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

KINIRY MINE sits in Dutchess County, New York, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Dutchess County, New York · Population 297,144
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$97,273
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 30 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 45 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 37 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 65 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 1 0
2023 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
Show 37 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 51 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 48 1 1 20833.3
2022 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 35 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 38 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 46 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 26 1 0 38461.5
2020 Q4 35 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 33 1 0 30303.0
2019 Q4 29 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 39 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 25 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 27 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 26 1 0 38461.5
2017 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 22 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 46 1 0 21739.1
2016 Q4 21 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 28 1 0 35714.3
2016 Q2 32 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 19 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 36 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 55 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 82 1 0 12195.1
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 32 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 75 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 112 1 0 8928.6
2012 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2012 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.