Kinsella Quarry & Mill has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2007–2024
Latest incident
Mar 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
65
citations
12
significant & substantial
$14,343
proposed penalties
$12,816
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,527 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: 794 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.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2012-08-01.
On record since 2012.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Kinsella Quarry & Mill has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
62 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $9K in penalties contested before the Commission, $7K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-02-25.
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.
17citations taken to the federal commission · 26% of citations on record
Settled
15 · 88%
Stood as issued
2 · 12%
71%
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 14 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
35%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$11K proposed, $7K 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 2014-10-16.
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: 2021-05-13, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz6
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (11)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2021-05-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-05-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
Truck Driver
2021-05-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2014-07-29
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-07-29
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.24
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2014-07-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-02
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2010-06-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
1.63
0.12
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-02
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.26
10
0.03
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-02
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.28
10
0.03
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-01-13
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.36
10
0.04
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Kinsella Quarry & Mill recorded 8.44 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.
Injury rate, 2024
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
8.44
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In New York, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.24 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2024 *
8.44
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
6.30
6.30
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
6.57
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
14.34
14.34
0.000
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
5
2025
4
2024
10
2023
13
2022
14
2021
13
2020
14
2019
12
2018
13
2017
11
2016
11
2015
12
2014
12
2013
12
2012
12
2011
11
2010
10
2009
11
2008
11
2007
11
2006
12
2005
13
2004
12
2003
10
2002
11
2001
9
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Kinsella Quarry & Mill sits in Onondaga 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.
Onondaga County, New York · Population 471,611
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$74,740
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
2,196
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
3,272
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
3,531
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
2,197
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
3,160
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
1,508
1
0
663.1
2024 Q4
2,588
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
6,375
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
6,874
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
7,873
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
6,854
1
0
145.9
2023 Q3
8,433
1
0
118.6
2023 Q2
8,006
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
7,174
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
8,090
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
8,715
2
0
229.5
2022 Q2
7,897
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
7,057
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
7,539
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
8,185
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
8,030
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
6,503
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
7,993
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
8,831
1
0
113.2
2020 Q2
8,339
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
5,298
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
6,820
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
7,292
2
0
274.3
2019 Q2
7,684
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
5,999
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
6,568
1
0
152.3
2018 Q3
7,634
1
0
131.0
2018 Q2
7,868
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
5,818
1
0
171.9
2017 Q4
6,331
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
7,541
1
0
132.6
2017 Q2
7,664
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
5,555
2
0
360.0
2016 Q4
6,401
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
7,207
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
7,113
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
5,588
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
7,068
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
7,347
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
7,502
4
0
533.2
2015 Q1
5,388
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
6,676
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
7,267
1
0
137.6
2014 Q2
7,095
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
5,422
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
6,594
1
0
151.7
2013 Q3
7,057
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
7,081
1
0
141.2
2013 Q1
5,546
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
6,814
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
7,317
14
7
1913.4
2012 Q2
7,495
7
1
934.0
2012 Q1
5,878
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
6,114
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
6,786
1
0
147.4
2011 Q2
7,541
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
5,074
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
6,417
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
6,449
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
6,227
5
1
803.0
2010 Q1
5,784
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
7,518
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
7,006
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
6,932
6
0
865.6
2009 Q1
5,940
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
7,545
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
5,614
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
7,389
1
1
135.3
2008 Q1
6,298
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
7,007
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
6,511
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
5,648
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
6,453
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
8,004
2
0
249.9
2006 Q3
6,322
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
7,854
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
6,285
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
8,476
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
8,497
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
7,722
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
5,547
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
6,392
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
7,154
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
7,218
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
6,924
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
4,658
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
6,788
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
6,123
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
7,587
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
6,624
5
2
754.8
2002 Q2
6,765
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
5,292
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
6,327
2
0
316.1
2001 Q3
6,675
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
6,773
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
4,966
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
5,915
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
6,418
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
7,114
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
5,193
0
0
0.0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
June 21, 2012NY · Metal/Non-Metalminer, prospector, necFatality · 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.
Reportable incidents
9 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2024 · 1 incident
March 21, 2024NY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
T. H. Kinsella, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE was using chain hoist to lower cylinder from excavator, when the cylinder moved quicker than anticipated, pinning their right hand between the cylinder and the chain. Their fingers were cut when they pulled their hand away.
Employee was repairing a screen in a tight space. As a result of the tight space, employee's hard hat was knocked off and EE hit EE's head while exiting the screen. Employee's head was lacerated. EE received staples at WellNow Urgent Care.
EE is experiencing sciatica pain down EE's leg and believes it is due to EE's regular work duties, such as driving the Euclid Haul Truck and/or performing shoveling/cleanup around the conveyor. EE's first day of lost time was 6/28/18; however, it wasn't until 7/6/18 that EE reported that EE felt the injury was work related.
The employee was loosening a frozen/stuck bolt on a crusher with a wrench when EE strained/injured left shoulder. The employee did not receive "medical treatment" until 6/7/16.
Passenger was riding in loaded dump truck down a grade when the truck went out of control. He jumped from the cab, was treated and released from a hospital. Truck involved in accident was owned by a customer, not a contractor or mine operator.
2007 · 2 incidents
April 30, 2007NY · Metal/Non-Metalminer, prospector, necPOWERED HAULAGE
Non employee and another non employee were tresspassing on quarry property. After repeated failed attempts, their vehicle mounted the berm, descended the interior, and fell to quarry floor. Driver died at the scene, passenger died after transport to local hospital.
April 30, 2007NY · Metal/Non-Metalminer, prospector, necPOWERED HAULAGE
Non employee and another non employee were tresspassing on quarry property. After repeated failed attempts, their vehicle mounted the berm, descended the interior, and fell to quarry floor. Driver died at the scene, passenger died after transport to local hospital.