Mining Incidents

KP-1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Sanford Iwata
Pahoa, Hawaii County, HI  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 5100293

KP-1 has $123K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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
138
citations
64
significant & substantial
$123,447
proposed penalties
$123,447
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
35
inspections on record
593
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: 593 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

KP-1 has $123K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$123K
proposed penalties
$123K
current assessed
$123K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
135 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 1,826 2 0 1095.3
2025 Q3 1,274 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,198 10 1 8347.2
2025 Q1 1,176 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,208 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,251 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,475 3 2 2033.9
2024 Q1 1,368 0 0 0.0
Show 63 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,299 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,402 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,850 1 0 540.5
2023 Q1 2,640 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,987 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,087 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,283 5 4 2190.1
2022 Q1 2,719 23 8 8459.0
2021 Q4 2,528 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,156 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,935 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,848 8 5 2809.0
2020 Q4 2,924 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,936 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,805 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,001 1 1 333.2
2019 Q4 2,144 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,770 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,082 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,824 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,765 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,859 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,118 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,800 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,098 3 1 1429.9
2017 Q3 2,143 3 2 1399.9
2017 Q2 2,011 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,840 4 2 2173.9
2016 Q4 1,637 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,324 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,360 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,197 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 995 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 955 7 3 7329.8
2015 Q2 1,058 2 1 1890.4
2015 Q1 743 9 4 12113.1
2014 Q4 932 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,002 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,265 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,166 7 1 6003.4
2013 Q4 1,159 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,173 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,329 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,494 1 0 669.3
2012 Q4 3,162 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,885 1 1 530.5
2012 Q2 1,654 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,672 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,720 1 1 581.4
2011 Q3 1,806 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,904 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,652 2 1 1210.7
2010 Q4 1,695 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,352 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,674 6 4 3584.2
2010 Q1 1,727 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,295 3 2 2316.6
2009 Q3 1,899 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,950 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,742 7 5 4018.4
2008 Q4 2,055 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,924 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 791 29 15 36662.5

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.

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The full compliance file on KP-1

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.