Mining Incidents

Kinsley Pit: 19 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Croell, Inc · Surface
Controlled by Kurt Croell
Kinsley KS, Edwards County, KS  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1400507

Kinsley Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 outstanding across 0 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 2001
19
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,585
proposed penalties
$2,132
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $453 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
34
inspections on record
272
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: 272 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kinsley Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 outstanding across 0 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$453
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-22.
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.
15.8%
significant & substantial
21.1%
high negligence or reckless
15.8%
reasonably likely or greater
42.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.5% low, 68.4% moderate, 21.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2024-09-24
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-09-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2012-01-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2016-03-16, 10 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2016-03-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ORE TRANSFER
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.
Ownership history
  1. Kinsley Ready Mix Inc 1950 to 2020
  2. Croell, Inc 2020 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 0
2022 2
2021 1
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Kinsley Pit sits in Edwards County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 3.2% 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.
Edwards County, Kansas · Population 2,817
3.2%
Mining share of county employment
$53,792
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 1,035 3 0 2898.6
2026 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 210 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 142 4 1 28169.0
2025 Q2 175 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 182 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 182 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,224 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 47 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 430 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 247 1 0 4048.6
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 242 1 0 4132.2
2020 Q2 249 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 249 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 486 1 0 2057.6
2019 Q3 308 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 468 1 0 2136.8
2019 Q1 390 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 659 1 0 1517.5
2018 Q3 389 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 328 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 306 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 175 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 197 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 281 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 271 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 348 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 256 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 310 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 631 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 543 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 302 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 562 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 279 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 511 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 508 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 249 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 362 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 254 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 635 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 546 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 276 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 373 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 386 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 112 3 1 26785.7
2011 Q4 168 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 179 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 316 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 890 1 1 1123.6
2010 Q4 562 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 109 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 187 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 825 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 571 1 0 1751.3
2009 Q3 169 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 140 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 864 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 458 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 303 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 157 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 775 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 449 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 438 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 470 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 142 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 411 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 279 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 665 1 0 1503.8
2006 Q1 355 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 419 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 539 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 792 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 599 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 959 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 861 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,214 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 340 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 836 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 774 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,268 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 372 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 766 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 599 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,279 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,328 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,151 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 565 1 0 1769.9
2001 Q2 856 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 813 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 713 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 748 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 370 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 486 0 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.