Mining Incidents

Quarry 2 - Portable: 41 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Kiyosaki Tractor Works Inc · Surface
Controlled by Ken Beau Kiyosaki
Kona, Hawaii County, HI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5100222

Quarry 2 - Portable has $9K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
41
citations
17
significant & substantial
$8,866
proposed penalties
$8,866
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
14
inspections on record
125
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: 125 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Quarry 2 - Portable has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
41 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-01-27.
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.
41.5%
significant & substantial
2.4%
high negligence or reckless
41.5%
reasonably likely or greater
73.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.9% low, 92.7% moderate, 2.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
WEST20000251M Settlement Barbour 2000 $2K → $2K
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: 2010-02-03, 16 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-02-03 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 Laborer, Bullgang
2010-02-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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. Kiyosaki Tractor Works Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Quarry 2 - Portable 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
2011 Q2 514 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 607 6 0 9884.7
2010 Q4 601 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 652 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 621 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 630 8 4 12698.4
2009 Q4 627 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 601 0 0 0.0
Show 38 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q2 629 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 621 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 601 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 629 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 652 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 631 3 0 4754.4
2007 Q4 597 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 603 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 624 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 612 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 525 4 3 7619.0
2006 Q3 517 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 533 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 520 6 5 11538.5
2005 Q4 401 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 396 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 315 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 302 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 297 11 4 37037.0
2004 Q3 287 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 290 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 282 1 1 3546.1
2003 Q4 271 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 247 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 239 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 221 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 201 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 189 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 191 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 165 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 187 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 190 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 182 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 179 2 0 11173.2
2000 Q3 185 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 193 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.