Mining Incidents

TONLINO PORTABLE: 49 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

TONLINO & SONS LLC · Surface
East Otis, Berkshire County, MA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1901180

TONLINO PORTABLE has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2008
49
citations
7
significant & substantial
$5,873
proposed penalties
$5,873
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
23
inspections on record
289
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: 289 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

TONLINO PORTABLE has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $200 in penalties contested before the Commission, $200 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-21.
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.
14.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
14.3%
reasonably likely or greater
34.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 55.1% low, 44.9% moderate, 0.0% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$200 proposed, $200 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 2013-01-15.
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
YORK 2013-65M Settlement Barbour 2013 $200 → $200
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: 2023-03-28, 3 years ago
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-03-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2023-03-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.
Ownership history
  1. Tonlino & Sons LLC 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 4
2021 4
2020 4
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 2
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 2
2010 2
2009 1
2008 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

TONLINO PORTABLE sits in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 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.
Berkshire County, Massachusetts · Population 128,047
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$72,565
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 1,305 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 136 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,380 3 0 2173.9
2025 Q2 1,520 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 570 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,220 0 0 0.0
Show 62 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 260 4 0 15384.6
2023 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 240 4 0 16666.7
2022 Q4 210 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 432 2 1 4629.6
2022 Q2 530 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 460 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 560 4 1 7142.9
2020 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 720 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 720 6 0 8333.3
2019 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 480 4 1 8333.3
2018 Q3 560 1 0 1785.7
2018 Q2 560 1 0 1785.7
2018 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 360 1 0 2777.8
2016 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 720 2 1 2777.8
2015 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 640 2 1 3125.0
2014 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 560 3 0 5357.1
2013 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 540 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 960 3 0 3125.0
2012 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,440 1 0 694.4
2011 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 540 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 960 2 2 2083.3
2009 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 480 3 0 6250.0
2008 Q3 480 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.