Mining Incidents

Molokai Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Nan Chul "Patrick" Shin
Hoole Hua, Maui County, HI  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 5100206

Molokai Quarry has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $34 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2008–2013
Latest incident
Apr 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
55
citations
16
significant & substantial
$7,503
proposed penalties
$7,469
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $34 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
34
inspections on record
706
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: 706 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Molokai Quarry has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $34 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$34
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-18.
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 3,591 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,886 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,027 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,017 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,625 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 832 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 657 1 0 1522.1
2024 Q1 1,448 0 0 0.0
Show 84 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,890 1 0 529.1
2023 Q3 1,174 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,760 2 0 1136.4
2023 Q1 3,401 2 0 588.1
2022 Q4 1,738 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,817 4 0 2201.4
2022 Q2 1,256 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,541 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,190 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 643 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 350 2 0 5714.3
2021 Q1 231 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 367 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,463 1 0 683.5
2020 Q2 1,431 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,683 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 905 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 957 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,705 2 0 1173.0
2019 Q1 2,576 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,316 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,201 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,445 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,378 1 0 725.7
2017 Q4 1,160 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,241 4 1 3223.2
2017 Q2 1,380 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 862 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 565 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 945 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 538 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 714 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,234 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,384 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,539 4 1 1575.4
2015 Q1 2,549 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,912 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,261 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,353 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,015 3 0 1488.8
2013 Q4 2,317 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,065 2 1 968.5
2013 Q2 1,306 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,369 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,615 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,126 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 643 1 0 1555.2
2012 Q1 748 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,291 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,026 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 957 1 1 1044.9
2011 Q1 842 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 503 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 417 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 461 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 380 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 316 3 2 9493.7
2009 Q3 408 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 354 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 756 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 935 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,384 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,619 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,966 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,561 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,126 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,035 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,610 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 207 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 380 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 192 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 110 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 225 3 0 13333.3
2002 Q4 406 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 395 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 350 6 4 17142.9
2002 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 233 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 149 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 307 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 309 5 0 16181.2
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2013 · 1 incident

April 19, 2013 HI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Tri-L Construction Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

operator decided to adjust a conveyer belt, conveyers were shut down. Guards were removed and adjustment was made. Operator decided to make another adjustment but failed to shut down conveyers, during which operators shirt became entangled in another conveyer wing roller. Shirt dragged operator into belt and pulley causing lacerations to shoulder, arm, and abdomen.

2008 · 1 incident

January 17, 2008 HI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri-L Construction Inc. · Struck by rolling or sliding object

The employee's assistance was needed to remove debris that was clogging the crusher, not allowing it to work properly. In the process of clearing the jam, a 25lb rock rolled down onto his hand pinning his fingers between the rocks. He realized his finger was injured and was taken to the emergency room.

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The full compliance file on Molokai Quarry

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.