Mining Incidents

LP: 41 MSHA citations 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
35
inspections on record
429
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: 429 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.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
48.7%
significant & substantial
17.9%
high negligence or reckless
48.7%
reasonably likely or greater
64.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.1% low, 76.9% moderate, 17.9% 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: 2015-01-15, 11 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2015-01-15 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. Sanford's Service Center, Inc. 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 2
2022 1
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 5
2016 4
2015 4
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 5
2010 5
2009 4
2008 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

LP sits in Hawaii County, Hawaii, 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.
Hawaii County, Hawaii · Population 203,684
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$77,215
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 401 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 412 0 0 0.0
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
Show 63 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 915 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 579 0 0 0.0
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.