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Plant 1 Portable Crusher: 66 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Bolton Inc · Surface
Controlled by Daniel B Bolton
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii County, HI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5100233

Plant 1 Portable Crusher has $17K 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
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Aug 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
66
citations
18
significant & substantial
$16,985
proposed penalties
$16,842
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $143 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Bolton Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
45
inspections on record
642
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: 642 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Plant 1 Portable Crusher has $17K 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
64 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $243 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-02-15.
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.
27.7%
significant & substantial
13.8%
high negligence or reckless
27.7%
reasonably likely or greater
53.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.7% low, 78.5% moderate, 13.8% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
59%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$243 proposed, $100 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 2009-04-28.
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
WE ST 2009-794M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $243 → $100
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: 2016-04-06, 10 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2016-04-06 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-12-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.46 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-12-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mobile Crane Operator
2003-05-09 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 2.65 0.15 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-05-08 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.25 10 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Bolton Inc 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 3
2021 4
2020 4
2019 4
2018 3
2017 5
2016 4
2015 4
2014 3
2013 5
2012 4
2011 2
2010 4
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 3
2005 2
2004 3
2003 2
2002 4
2001 6
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Plant 1 Portable Crusher 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
2022 Q1 407 9 5 22113.0
2021 Q4 316 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 288 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 467 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 220 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 393 8 3 20356.2
2020 Q3 549 1 0 1821.5
2020 Q2 536 0 0 0.0
Show 78 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q1 684 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 332 1 0 3012.0
2019 Q3 452 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 451 1 1 2217.3
2019 Q1 362 11 3 30386.7
2018 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 282 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 612 1 0 1634.0
2018 Q1 892 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 906 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 636 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,160 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 924 3 1 3246.8
2016 Q4 1,227 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 583 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,280 1 0 781.2
2016 Q1 1,603 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,433 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 725 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 980 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 490 2 1 4081.6
2014 Q4 386 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 195 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,030 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 519 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 681 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 833 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 920 8 3 8695.7
2013 Q1 866 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 459 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 69 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 184 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 190 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 305 1 0 3278.7
2011 Q3 265 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 323 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 17 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 298 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 545 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 525 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 16 1 0 62500.0
2009 Q3 86 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 245 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,019 1 0 981.4
2008 Q4 286 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 721 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 596 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 968 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 70 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 253 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 615 1 0 1626.0
2006 Q3 967 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 860 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 442 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,335 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,197 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 961 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 866 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,089 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,517 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,614 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,066 1 0 938.1
2003 Q4 1,047 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,132 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 970 3 0 3092.8
2003 Q1 1,789 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 229 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,931 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,918 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,067 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,730 3 1 804.3
2001 Q3 3,209 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,914 9 0 3088.5
2001 Q1 3,129 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 627 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

August 21, 2002 HI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Bolton Inc · Contact with electrical current

OPERATOR OPENED UP E-PANEL WITHOUT LOCKING OUT OR SHUTTING DOWN POWER SUPPLY, PRIOR TO RESETTING OF BREAKER. RECEIVED A MILD SHOCK WHEN HE RESET BREAKER.