Mining Incidents

LP Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Sanford Iwata
Pahoa, Hawaii County, HI  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 5100300

LP has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2024
Latest incident
Feb 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
41
citations
19
significant & substantial
$9,748
proposed penalties
$9,739
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
34
inspections on record
424
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: 424 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

LP has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$9
outstanding
39 assessments are final orders; 0 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 387 2 0 5168.0
2025 Q3 411 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 557 1 0 1795.3
2025 Q1 563 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 553 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 644 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 915 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 579 0 0 0.0
Show 61 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 737 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 941 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 583 1 0 1715.3
2023 Q1 862 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 651 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 700 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 613 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 627 2 0 3189.8
2021 Q4 625 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 626 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 610 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 602 1 0 1661.1
2020 Q4 566 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 508 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 535 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 476 1 0 2100.8
2019 Q4 538 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 634 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 481 1 1 2079.0
2019 Q1 541 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 683 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 582 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 402 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 588 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 578 1 0 1730.1
2017 Q3 580 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 645 1 0 1550.4
2017 Q1 568 3 3 5281.7
2016 Q4 607 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 607 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 545 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 564 3 1 5319.1
2015 Q4 499 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 531 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 593 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 486 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 531 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 581 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 568 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 579 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 599 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 561 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 612 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 591 1 0 1692.0
2012 Q4 1,397 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 599 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 617 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 573 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 745 1 0 1342.3
2011 Q3 759 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 793 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 749 2 0 2670.2
2010 Q4 784 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 703 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 498 17 13 34136.5
2010 Q1 377 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 338 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 251 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 528 2 0 3787.9
2009 Q1 330 1 1 3030.3
2008 Q4 44 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2024 · 1 incident

February 6, 2024 HI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS)
Sanford's Service Center, Inc. · Ingestion of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

swallowed degreaser while siphoning from drum.

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