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LYNCH CORP: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

LYNCH CORP. · Surface
Cumberland, Providence County, RI  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3700070

LYNCH CORP has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1998–2025
Latest incident
Sep 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
142
citations
33
significant & substantial
$25,482
proposed penalties
$18,858
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,624 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See LYNCH CORP.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
63
inspections on record
1,152
inspection hours
12.3
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.
142 citations across 1,152 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

LYNCH CORP has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K 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.
$25K
proposed penalties
$25K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$7K
outstanding
135 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 2026-02-10.
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.
23.6%
significant & substantial
3.6%
high negligence or reckless
25.7%
reasonably likely or greater
51.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 23.6% low, 72.9% moderate, 3.6% 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.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 57%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 3 · 43%
43%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$742 proposed, $421 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 2019-12-30.
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
YORK20020002M Settlement Feldman 2002 $1K → $1K
YORK 2014-50M Settlement Lesnick 2014 $400 → $300
YORK20020003M Settlement Feldman 2002 $250 → $250
YORK 2020-0035 Settlement Rae 2020 $242 → $121
YORK 2012-259M Withdrawal Miller 2012 $100 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2023-04-06, 3 years ago
14%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
26
samples
14
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz61 over
  • Copper fumes41 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg9
  • Aluminum oxide fumes4
Show the individual readings (82)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2006-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 0.36 1.17 Belt Cleaner
2003-01-08 Copper fumes 138.6 100 1.39 Welder, etc.
2023-04-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2023-04-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-07-31 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-07-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-06-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-06-23 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 Truck Driver
2016-06-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.03 0.14 Laborer, Bullgang
2016-06-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2010-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-30 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2010-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-02-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 1.18 0.32 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-02-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.52 0.23 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 0.49 0.84 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.65 0.74 0.88 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-01-04 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-04 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-04 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-04 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-04 Aluminum oxide fumes 0.01 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-04 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-04 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-04 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-04 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-04 Titanium dioxide fumes 0.04 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-04 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-04 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-04 Manganese fumes 0.29 5 0.06 Welder, etc.
2005-01-04 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-04 Lead fumes 1.96 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2005-01-04 Iron oxide fumes 1.36 20 0.07 Welder, etc.
2003-05-07 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-05-07 Aluminum oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-05-07 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-05-07 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-05-07 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-05-07 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-05-07 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-05-07 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-05-07 Iron oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-05-07 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-05-07 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-05-07 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-05-07 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-05-07 Titanium dioxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-05-07 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-05-07 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Aluminum oxide fumes 0.05 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Titanium dioxide fumes 0.01 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Manganese fumes 0.06 5 0.01 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.01 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Iron oxide fumes 2.9 10 0.29 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Aluminum oxide fumes 0.02 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Titanium dioxide fumes 0.01 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Nickel fumes 0.01 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Manganese fumes 0.01 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Iron oxide fumes 1.76 20 0.09 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Copper fumes 19.61 300 0.07 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-08 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
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.

LYNCH CORP recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.

Injury rate, 2004
ⓘ 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.73 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Rhode Island, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.37 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.
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.
Ownership history
  1. J H Lynch & Sons Inc 1950 to 2012
  2. Lynch Corp. 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 5
2024 6
2023 5
2022 5
2021 4
2020 5
2019 6
2018 5
2017 6
2016 6
2015 6
2014 6
2013 6
2012 6
2011 6
2010 7
2009 7
2008 7
2007 9
2006 8
2005 12
2004 12
2003 11
2002 14
2001 13
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

LYNCH CORP sits in Providence County, Rhode Island, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Providence County, Rhode Island · Population 658,977
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$78,204
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 2,485 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,027 2 2 1947.4
2025 Q4 1,853 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,234 5 0 2238.1
2025 Q2 2,135 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,007 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,980 2 0 1010.1
2024 Q3 2,450 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,474 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,276 2 0 1567.4
2023 Q4 2,355 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,572 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,773 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,261 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,908 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,783 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,225 4 0 1797.8
2022 Q1 797 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,555 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,742 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,057 4 0 1944.6
2021 Q1 507 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,644 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,966 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,102 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 745 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 465 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,900 2 0 1052.6
2019 Q2 2,112 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 857 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,719 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,060 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,095 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 699 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,683 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,194 1 0 455.8
2017 Q2 2,042 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 661 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,129 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,917 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,065 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 694 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,765 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,044 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,940 2 0 1030.9
2015 Q1 461 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,634 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,961 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,949 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 472 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,901 1 0 344.7
2013 Q3 3,395 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,809 11 1 3916.0
2013 Q1 1,005 4 2 3980.1
2012 Q4 2,779 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,166 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,397 3 1 883.1
2012 Q1 2,250 5 0 2222.2
2011 Q4 2,822 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,932 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,226 9 4 2789.8
2011 Q1 1,617 3 1 1855.3
2010 Q4 3,005 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,418 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,350 6 1 2553.2
2010 Q1 795 3 1 3773.6
2009 Q4 2,099 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,061 7 4 2286.8
2009 Q2 2,928 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,358 2 0 1472.8
2008 Q4 1,905 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,054 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,756 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,156 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,815 1 0 551.0
2007 Q3 2,364 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,876 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,142 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,302 12 0 5212.9
2006 Q3 3,197 4 0 1251.2
2006 Q2 2,933 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,225 3 2 930.2
2005 Q4 3,677 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,205 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,275 1 0 189.6
2005 Q1 4,436 4 1 901.7
2004 Q4 5,351 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,257 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,108 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,050 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 6,196 11 4 1775.3
2003 Q3 4,453 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,552 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,626 1 0 380.8
2002 Q4 3,999 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,333 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,586 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,000 1 0 250.0
2001 Q4 3,915 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,269 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,513 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,103 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,794 6 5 1581.4
2000 Q3 4,020 1 0 248.8
2000 Q2 3,518 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
September 8, 2025 RI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Lynch Corp. · Struck against a moving object

IDS driver was instructed by Lynch to dump employee's load under unsafe conditions. The berm that the Lynch operator constructed was inadequate/non-existent due to the pile being dug into by Lynch from below. This caused the earth to fall away under back tires. End dump rolled down embankment flipping and landing on its roof. Employee was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Reportable incidents

5 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2013 · 1 incident

May 2, 2013 RI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lynch Corp. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a utility knife to cut through a section of conveyor belt. Knife slipped off belt and struck employee's right leg (calf area).

2011 · 1 incident

July 5, 2011 RI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
J H Lynch & Sons Inc · Contact with heat

Employee was taking a break (coffee) with co-workers. Employee complained of light headed, dizzy and nausea.

2006 · 2 incidents

May 8, 2006 RI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J H Lynch & Sons Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was completing repair to skirt board rubber on a converyor. Reinstalled the guards and proceeded to step off backward off the frame and at this moment his wedding band became wedged on the wire screen grard.

March 2, 2006 RI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
J H Lynch & Sons Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EE completed welding task to area of primary jaw hopper. Removed welding hood to locate different area to weld. Used welding glove as a shield rather that hood to tack weld area. (Retrained EE).

1998 · 1 incident

September 2, 1998 RI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
J H Lynch & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON 9/2/98 AT 1PM EE WAS INJURED WHILE CUTTING TREES IN OUR QUARRY. EE WAS STRUCK IN THE LOWER LEFT LEG BY A 3" DIAMETER THREE THAT HE WAS CUTTING. EE RECEIVED A BROKEN LOWER LEFT LEG