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Puunene Quarry: 81 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Hawaiian Cement · Surface
Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Kahului, Maui County, HI  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 5100192

Puunene Quarry has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1988–2026
Latest incident
Jan 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
81
citations
17
significant & substantial
$18,741
proposed penalties
$17,509
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,232 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Hawaiian Cement's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
57
inspections on record
985
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: 985 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2014-04-08.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Puunene Quarry has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
78 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-17.
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.
21.5%
significant & substantial
2.5%
high negligence or reckless
24.1%
reasonably likely or greater
58.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.1% low, 87.3% moderate, 2.5% 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.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 17%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 33%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 3 · 50%
100%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
7%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$5K proposed, $4K 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 2019-06-17.
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 2014-0946 Settlement Miller 2015 $4K → $4K
WEST20020254M Settlement Barbour 2002 $760 → $55
WEST20020469M Settlement Manning 2002 $760 → $608
WEST 2010-1631M Default Lesnick 2011 $560 → $560
WEST20030167M Settlement Barbour 2003 $475 → $200
WEST 2019-0366 Withdrawal Miller 2019 $121 → $0
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: 2024-11-27
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
24
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg9
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz7
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz4
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (24)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-11-27 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 4.26 Cleanup Man
2024-11-27 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 2.32 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-11-08 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.6 10 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-11-08 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.84 10 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-11-08 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.86 10 0.09 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-11-08 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 6.75 10 0.68 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-11-08 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 3.54 10 0.35 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-11-24 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2020-12-08 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.1 10 0.11 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-02-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-02-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-01-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-01-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.29 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-10-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2007-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2007-06-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.66 2.88 0.23 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-07-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-07-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-07-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.69 0.76 0.91 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2005-07-12 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 Truck Driver
2003-11-04 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 2.54 Truck Driver
2003-11-04 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.66 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.

Puunene Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Hawaii, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.21 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. M Funes Concrete Inc 1985 to 1987
  2. Hawaiian Cement 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 15
2025 12
2024 15
2023 14
2022 12
2021 15
2020 14
2019 15
2018 14
2017 11
2016 10
2015 14
2014 13
2013 14
2012 14
2011 18
2010 20
2009 18
2008 27
2007 25
2006 19
2005 22
2004 23
2003 23
2002 23
2001 23
2000 23
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Puunene Quarry sits in Maui 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.
Maui County, Hawaii · Population 164,632
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$95,076
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 10,140 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 10,140 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 10,140 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 8,300 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 8,840 3 0 339.4
2025 Q1 8,840 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 11,596 2 0 172.5
2024 Q3 11,596 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 9,932 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 10,322 2 1 193.8
2023 Q4 11,258 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,092 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 10,043 3 0 298.7
2023 Q1 8,092 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 8,684 1 0 115.2
2022 Q3 7,930 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 7,183 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,445 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 8,385 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 8,385 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,540 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 7,092 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 6,149 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 6,149 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 7,248 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 8,736 3 1 343.4
2019 Q4 9,328 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 10,816 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 10,816 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 10,816 1 0 92.5
2018 Q4 12,324 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 9,906 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 9,906 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 9,048 1 0 110.5
2017 Q4 9,854 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 8,904 3 1 336.9
2017 Q2 5,968 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,968 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,616 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,786 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,786 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 8,960 1 0 111.6
2015 Q4 10,696 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 9,900 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,720 1 0 174.8
2015 Q1 9,100 1 0 109.9
2014 Q4 4,842 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 7,920 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 7,920 2 1 252.5
2014 Q1 6,350 1 0 157.5
2013 Q4 6,400 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,400 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 6,400 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 6,200 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,952 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 6,048 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 6,552 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,796 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,612 2 0 356.4
2011 Q3 9,472 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 9,324 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 9,324 2 0 214.5
2010 Q4 8,732 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 9,472 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 9,324 3 1 321.8
2010 Q1 8,880 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 6,080 1 0 164.5
2009 Q3 7,424 1 0 134.7
2009 Q2 9,324 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 8,540 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 11,520 2 2 173.6
2008 Q3 12,288 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 13,408 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 11,340 1 1 88.2
2007 Q4 10,800 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 11,106 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 12,127 4 1 329.8
2007 Q1 9,942 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 8,658 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,999 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 8,477 4 0 471.9
2006 Q1 6,308 3 1 475.6
2005 Q4 6,801 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,115 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 8,384 3 1 357.8
2005 Q1 7,788 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 9,440 4 2 423.7
2004 Q3 9,920 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 9,984 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 10,080 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 10,400 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 10,240 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 10,240 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 9,600 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 10,240 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 10,080 2 0 198.4
2002 Q1 9,760 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 9,840 12 2 1219.5
2001 Q3 9,600 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 10,080 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 9,760 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 9,120 4 0 438.6
2000 Q3 10,080 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 10,080 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 9,216 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2026 · 1 incident

January 6, 2026 HI · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hawaiian Cement · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Over extension RT Shoulder while performing maintenance

2017 · 1 incident

November 15, 2017 HI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hawaiian Cement · Over-exertion in lifting objects

While removing a seat from a 773 hauler with limited space, ee was pulling the seat out and "twisted wrong" causing pain in the low left back that shoots down the left leg. The seat weights less than 50lbs.

2013 · 1 incident

June 21, 2013 HI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hawaiian Cement · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee received minor break in the skin to his left small finger, while not wearing gloves. 6/23/13 the employee was taken to the emergency room due to an infection in his left small finger. The infection worsened and eventually the doctor decided to perform a partial amputation to the second joint on his small finger.

2003 · 1 incident

January 11, 2003 HI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawaiian Cement · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WAS WALKING TO GET A BOLT OUT OF BOLT BIN & WHEN PHONE RANG HE TURNED AROUND & SLIPPED & FELL INJURY TO RIGHT SHOULDER. **LOST TIME DID NOT START UNTIL 9/12/03 DUE TO SURGERY TO SHOULDER.**

2001 · 1 incident

1999 · 1 incident

August 20, 1999 HI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hawaiian Cement · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BENDING UNDER HOSE SHELF, LOOKING FOR HOSE.

1998 · 1 incident

January 30, 1998 HI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawaiian Cement · Fall from machine

FELL OFF LOADER WHILE CLIMBING DOWN.

1995 · 1 incident

1992 · 2 incidents

August 4, 1992 HI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hawaiian Cement · Struck by flying object

49959NG PAYHAULER CINDER DIRT BLEW IN L EYE

January 10, 1992 HI · Metal/Non-Metal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hawaiian Cement · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPL PUTTING TAILGATE ON TRAILER. TAILGATE SLID AND SMASHED LEFT THUMB. SHATTERED BONE-LEFT THUMB,CUT BELOW THUMB.

1991 · 1 incident

April 11, 1991 HI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawaiian Cement · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING LEAD ROPE TO REPLACE CONVEYOR BELT ON CRUSHER AND SLIPPED AND FELL FROM CONVEYOR.PAIN IN BACK.

1990 · 1 incident

August 31, 1990 HI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawaiian Cement · Fall from machine

EMPL HELPING MECHANIC REPAIR PLATE ON SCALPER SCREEN.FELL OFF FEEDER HOPPER.PAIN IN LEFT ARM,RIGHT ARM AND CHEST.

1988 · 3 incidents

August 23, 1988 HI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hawaiian Cement · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING PIECE OF METAL PLATE AND STRAINED WRIST

August 17, 1988 HI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman ELECTRICAL
Hawaiian Cement · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

JUMP START WATER WAGON BATTERY EXPLODED ACID IN EYE

March 23, 1988 HI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawaiian Cement · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SIPPED ON MUDDY STAIRS WHILE GOIN DONW STAIRS DISLOCATED L SHOULDR WHEN GRABBED RAILING