KINKEAD AGGREGATES, LLC has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2018
Latest incident
Feb 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
86
citations
9
significant & substantial
$17,752
proposed penalties
$17,752
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 597 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
KINKEAD AGGREGATES, LLC has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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
86 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $900 in penalties contested before the Commission, $700 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-26.
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.
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.
9citations taken to the federal commission · 10% of citations on record
Settled
7 · 78%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 22%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
22%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$900 proposed, $700 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 2011-09-16.
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.
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: 2026-06-30
50%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz31 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (8)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2012-04-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
0.33
1.18
Backhoe Operator
2026-06-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2026-03-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2018-06-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2018-06-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-06-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
Bulldozer Operator
2012-04-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-04-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
0.58
0.55
Truck Driver
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
3
2025
3
2024
3
2023
6
2022
12
2021
10
2020
11
2019
6
2018
7
2017
3
2016
5
2015
5
2014
5
2013
5
2012
5
2011
6
2010
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
KINKEAD AGGREGATES, LLC sits in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Indiana County, Pennsylvania · Population 83,213
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$58,739
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
1,769
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
438
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
476
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
710
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
960
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
440
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
376
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
459
4
0
8714.6
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
489
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
78
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
725
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
1,004
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
665
2
0
3007.5
2023 Q1
333
1
0
3003.0
2022 Q4
927
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
996
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
831
5
0
6016.8
2022 Q1
609
1
0
1642.0
2021 Q4
652
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
513
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
909
4
0
4400.4
2021 Q1
375
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
733
1
0
1364.3
2020 Q3
1,056
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
2,082
2
0
960.6
2020 Q1
8,032
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
1,525
4
0
2623.0
2019 Q3
1,699
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
1,671
4
0
2393.8
2019 Q1
1,895
8
2
4221.6
2018 Q4
2,693
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
3,232
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
3,654
1
0
273.7
2018 Q1
2,302
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
1,252
4
1
3194.9
2017 Q3
1,722
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
1,575
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
1,234
3
0
2431.1
2016 Q4
1,834
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
2,259
4
0
1770.7
2016 Q2
3,066
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
2,132
4
2
1876.2
2015 Q4
2,488
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
2,285
3
0
1312.9
2015 Q2
2,271
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
2,218
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
2,240
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
3,192
8
1
2506.3
2014 Q2
2,876
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
2,962
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
3,109
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
3,486
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
2,978
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
2,389
2
1
837.2
2012 Q4
2,485
3
0
1207.2
2012 Q3
2,230
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
2,729
1
0
366.4
2012 Q1
1,764
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
1,845
2
0
1084.0
2011 Q3
2,275
7
0
3076.9
2011 Q2
2,531
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
1,643
4
2
2434.6
2010 Q4
1,341
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
1,841
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2018 · 1 incident
February 23, 2018PA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tailgate slammed shut on employee's left index finger fracturing finger and causing lacerations. Employee was pulling open tailgate with left hand trying to get rock out with right hand. The tailgate slammed shut on the left index finger. The employee was transported to Indiana Regional Medical center.