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.
190 citations across 1,167 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
KINSLEY PENROC has $52K in proposed MSHA penalties and $615 outstanding across 5 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.
$52K
proposed penalties
$51K
current assessed
$51K
paid to date
$615
outstanding
187 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-16.
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.
8citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
6 · 75%
Still open
2 · 25%
50%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
1%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2025-09-10.
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: 2025-04-30
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz4
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (15)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-04-30
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
0.22
Laborer, Bullgang
2025-04-30
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
0
Backhoe Operator
2025-04-30
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
0.19
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-04-30
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
0.48
Laborer, Bullgang
2021-06-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-06-10
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
10
0.01
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-06-10
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
1.99
10
0.20
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-06-10
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
2.06
10
0.21
Ball Mill Operator
2021-06-10
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.61
10
0.06
Truck Driver
2017-05-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-05-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-07-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-07-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.09
3.2
0.34
Bagging Operator
2011-07-28
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.8
10
0.08
Hammer Mill Operator
2011-07-28
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Front-end Loader Operator
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.
KINSLEY PENROC recorded 2.88 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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.
2.88
total case rate
2.88
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.07 cases per 100 workers that year.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025
2.88
2.88
0.000
2024
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023
1.83
0.00
0.000
2022
3.28
0.00
0.000
2021
1.86
0.00
0.000
2020 *
6.38
2.13
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
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
61
2025
49
2024
55
2023
47
2022
49
2021
46
2020
37
2019
33
2018
31
2017
32
2016
35
2015
34
2014
26
2013
26
2012
23
2011
30
2010
23
2009
17
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
KINSLEY PENROC sits in York County, Pennsylvania, 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.
York County, Pennsylvania · Population 459,312
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$82,238
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
41,318
1
0
24.2
2026 Q1
33,947
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
32,719
4
1
122.3
2025 Q3
39,857
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
35,918
3
0
83.5
2025 Q1
30,546
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
29,060
4
0
137.6
2024 Q3
32,821
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
37,001
3
0
81.1
2024 Q1
36,469
5
0
137.1
2023 Q4
25,842
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
29,520
3
0
101.6
2023 Q2
26,568
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
27,123
3
0
110.6
2022 Q4
25,968
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
32,885
12
2
364.9
2022 Q2
32,870
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
30,117
6
1
199.2
2021 Q4
26,014
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
23,669
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
24,350
5
0
205.3
2021 Q1
33,366
3
0
89.9
2020 Q4
20,057
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
21,780
3
0
137.7
2020 Q2
21,941
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
30,212
15
2
496.5
2019 Q4
27,090
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
18,108
5
0
276.1
2019 Q2
18,283
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
15,729
3
1
190.7
2018 Q4
15,731
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
18,187
5
1
274.9
2018 Q2
18,734
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
20,747
4
1
192.8
2017 Q4
17,537
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
16,841
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
18,391
5
2
271.9
2017 Q1
22,489
5
2
222.3
2016 Q4
15,589
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
17,656
4
1
226.6
2016 Q2
19,129
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
28,284
3
1
106.1
2015 Q4
17,067
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
16,339
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
17,239
6
4
348.0
2015 Q1
22,174
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
13,954
5
1
358.3
2014 Q3
13,563
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
13,484
3
3
222.5
2014 Q1
15,060
5
2
332.0
2013 Q4
10,775
5
1
464.0
2013 Q3
13,641
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
12,586
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
12,958
2
0
154.3
2012 Q4
13,548
3
0
221.4
2012 Q3
15,635
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
12,722
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
17,199
6
1
348.9
2011 Q4
20,369
4
3
196.4
2011 Q3
21,400
13
1
607.5
2011 Q2
18,122
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
16,546
6
1
362.6
2010 Q4
11,965
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
17,505
5
2
285.6
2010 Q2
10,893
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
9,826
11
7
1119.5
2009 Q4
8,694
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
10,149
5
4
492.7
2009 Q2
4,107
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
24 on file
2026 · 2 incidents
May 15, 2026PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was on the lowest step of a 4 foot step ladder to work on a F250 and stepped down twisting EE's right ankle on level ground causing a sprained ankle requiring a day of rest and no climbing ladders for 2 weeks.
January 5, 2026PA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was dumping a wheelbarrow on flat ground and felt a pain causing them to let go of the wheelbarrow, allowing it to pull on right arm causing pain to right shoulder. The initial pain was due to a hernia caused by dumping the wheelbarrow.
May 16, 2025PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanNONPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee was dumping a wheelbarrow on flat ground and felt a pain causing EE to let go of the wheelbarrow, allowing it to pull on EE's right arm causing pain to EE's right shoulder. The initial pain was due to a hernia caused by dumping the wheelbarrow.
2023 · 1 incident
September 6, 2023PA · Metal/Non-Metalrotary bucket excavator operatorMACHINERY
The employee was sitting in the Excavator and felt a pain shoot into EE's back after sitting in the seat for several minutes. EE was prescribed Naproxen and Flexeril.
2022 · 3 incidents
November 18, 2022PA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Inhaled powder from fire extinguisher triggering acute chemical pneumonitis.
February 28, 2020PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
employee was assisting in previous truck roll over. Employee was chaining the dump bed together to upright the truck. employee slipped and sustained an injury. weather was clear.
operator of truck dumped on a grade causing the tri-axle to roll to the side. weather conditions were clear. truck is still operational master dump cylinder needs to be replaced.
2019 · 1 incident
May 21, 2019PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crew was working to remove old fence from entrance area. Sections of fence were cut down and carried to the bucket of a backhoe. The backhoe was then used to remove the fence from site. While placing one section of fence into the bucket, the cut end of the section of fence caught the employee in the forearm/wrist area and caused a laceration.
2016 · 1 incident
April 13, 2016PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
On November 12th EE was oiling the mill when his foot slipped and his right knee landed on a piece of angle iron and lacerated his right knee. Miner was treated at a care facility and returned to work.
March 14, 2012PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanFIRE
On March 14th the miner was cutting steel with an oxy-acetylene torch to be installed in a silo. A hot piece of slag was trapped in the fold of his arm and ignited his sweatshirt causing a burn to his left forearm. He also burned 2 fingers on his right hand trying to pat out the fire.
2011 · 4 incidents
September 9, 2011PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
On 9/9 the mechanic was loosening bolts to a hydraulic pump on an excavator when he twisted his back. He was sent for medical evaluation and was returned to full duty with no restrictions.
August 19, 2011PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
On 8/19 the miner was changing the doors on the screen at AP1. In doing so, he strained his back. He was sent for evaluation. He was returned to full duty with no restrictions or medications. On follow up at care facility on 8/24, they now referred him to a chiropractor, but is continuing normal duties with no restrictions or medication.
April 5, 2011PA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee had maintained the oiling points in a mill though an access door. Upon standing up after finishing, the employee felt a sharp pain in his lower back. He was examined, given medication and released for duty with minimal restrictions which did not effect his duties.
February 9, 2011PA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
On 2/9 the miner washed his vehicle and slipped on an icy spot injuring his left knee. The miner reported the this to his supervisor and returned to work. On 3/9 he requested medical attention and was examined and released with no restrictions or medications. On 3/21 during a follow-up exam he was given medication for pain and was released with no restrictions
2010 · 3 incidents
July 28, 2010PA · Metal/Non-Metalquality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistantHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aggregate Lab technician was using the restroom. The toilet was not flushing properly, so the technician had to manually move the flush valve, activating chain inside the tank. While moving the lid of the water tank, a sharp edge of the porcelain lacerated her thumb. The laceration was treated with skin glue.