Mining Incidents

Waikapu Pit And Mill: 9 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Hawaiian Cement · Surface
Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Maui County, HI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5100120

MSHA record for Waikapu Pit And Mill (mine ID 5100120). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Waikapu Pit And Mill.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1985–1989
Latest incident
Apr 1989
Ownership history
  1. Maui Concrete & Aggregates Inc 1950 to 1988
  2. Hawaiian Cement 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Waikapu Pit And Mill 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1989 · 1 incident

April 21, 1989 HI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hawaiian Cement · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOOSENING CONCRETE IN REVOLVING DRUM WITH HAND SCOOP PINCHED LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN SCOOP AND CHUTE.

1988 · 4 incidents

October 14, 1988 HI · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Hawaiian Cement · Struck by falling object

CUTTING A WEDGE OF METAL FROM CRUSHER IT FELL AND CUT TOP OF FINGER

June 9, 1988 HI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hawaiian Cement · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL OFF FEEDER AND HIT HIS R ANKLE

April 18, 1988 HI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawaiian Cement · Fall to the walkway or working surface

CLEANING CATWALK SLIPPED ONLOOSE MATERIAL STRAINED CENTER UPPER BACK

1986 · 3 incidents

August 1, 1986 HI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Maui Concrete & Aggregates Inc · Struck against a moving object

CRUSHER OPERATO9 WAS USING LOADER TO CLEAN AROUND CRUSHER.WAS BACKING DOWN INCLINE WHEN BREAKLINE BROKE.LOADER CONTINUED DOWN INCLINE TILL IT IMPACTED WITH DIRT PILE.LOADER TURNED OVER ON SI DE,OPERATOR REM5INED IN CAB.OPERATOR BRUISED LEFT HIP AND SPRAINED LEFT THUMB.

May 12, 1986 HI · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Maui Concrete & Aggregates Inc · Struck by flying object

OPERATOR WAS OP9RATING HOE-RAM BREAKING BOULDERS ROCK CHIP FLEW OFF BOULDER HIT RAM ARM CYLINDER RICHOCETTED OFF CYLINDER FLEW INSIDE WINDOW OF CAB AND STRUCK OPERATOR BELOW LIP LEFT SIDE CAUS ING LACERATION 9EQUIRING 2 SUTURES TO CLOSE

January 7, 1986 HI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Maui Concrete & Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS TRYING 7O CLEAR A JAMMED STONE FROM TAIL MOTION OF CONVEYOR, HE HIT STONE, STONE MOVED, RIGHT RING FINGER GOT JAMMED B ETWEEN HAND SLEDGE HANDLE AND TAIL MOTION

1985 · 1 incident

January 18, 1985 HI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Maui Concrete & Aggregates Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN VICINITY OF GRINDING OPERATOR. WIND PICKED UP FINE PIECE OF METAL AND LODGED IT IN EMPLOYEES LEFT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED CORNIE L LACERATION OF LEFT EYE.