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POWERSCREEN: 16 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

SOIL PLUS · Surface
KAILUA KONA, Hawaii County, HI  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 5100303

POWERSCREEN has $2K 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
4
Years on record
2020–2026
Latest incident
Jan 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
16
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,853
proposed penalties
$1,853
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See SOIL PLUS's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
21
inspections on record
173
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: 173 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

POWERSCREEN has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $300 in penalties contested before the Commission, $200 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-15.
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.
6.2%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
6.2%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.0% low, 75.0% moderate, 0.0% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 19% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 2 · 67%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 33%
33%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$300 proposed, $200 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 2011-05-11.
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
WEST 2011-964M Dismissal Miller 2012 $300 → $200
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: 2015-01-22, 11 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2015-01-22 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 1.59 0.14 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. SOIL PLUS 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 5
2024 5
2023 5
2022 5
2021 4
2020 4
2019 4
2018 4
2017 4
2016 4
2015 4
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

POWERSCREEN 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 412 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 497 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 464 1 0 2155.2
2025 Q3 436 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 594 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 694 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 508 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 552 0 0 0.0
Show 59 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 676 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 606 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 590 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 594 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 558 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 268 1 0 3731.3
2022 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 346 1 0 2890.2
2022 Q2 290 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 312 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 283 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 344 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 288 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 336 1 0 2976.2
2020 Q4 255 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 266 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 228 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 238 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 281 1 0 3558.7
2019 Q3 318 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 417 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 383 2 0 5221.9
2018 Q4 275 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 302 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 178 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 285 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 193 1 0 5181.3
2017 Q3 231 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 284 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 266 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 224 1 0 4464.3
2016 Q3 256 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 322 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 284 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 282 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 263 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 308 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 262 2 1 7633.6
2014 Q4 196 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 174 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 196 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 210 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 186 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 228 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 200 2 0 10000.0
2013 Q1 196 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 108 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 121 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 192 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 192 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 198 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 234 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 184 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 152 3 0 19736.8
2010 Q4 140 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 104 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 91 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 552 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 576 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2026 · 1 incident

January 28, 2026 HI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
SOIL PLUS · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

MINER SAID THE NEXT MORNING WHEN THEY CAME TO WORK THAT THEY THINK THEY MAY HAVE INJURED THEIR SHOULDER UNHOOKING A FIFTH WHEEL THE DAY BEFORE BECAUSE THEIR SHOULDER WAS SORE THE NEXT DAY.

2025 · 1 incident

September 24, 2025 HI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
SOIL PLUS · Fall onto or against objects

Miner was finished tightening a flashing on Powerscreen 1400 portable tracked screen plant. Said EE stumbled, probably on a rock, when turning towards EE's service truck and caught self from falling with R arm using service truck to keep from falling. This is EE's account of what happened. EE did not report this until next day. Inj to shoulder. EE placed on lite duty for 60 days.

2021 · 1 incident

December 27, 2021 HI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
SOIL PLUS · Rubbed or abraded

EE WAS CHANGING THE EXHAUST STACK ON A KENWORTH DUMP. SAYS THAT DIRT WENT AROUND SAFETY GLASSES AND THEY RUBBED IT, LODGING METAL IN THE EYE.

2020 · 1 incident

March 4, 2020 HI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
SOIL PLUS · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Mechanic was pulling on a wrench breaking loose a nut in the shop. When the nut broke loose, EE's finger got pinched between the wrench and the frame.