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Waimea Quarry: 75 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Kamuela, Hawaii County, HI  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 5100195

Waimea Quarry has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1988–2004
Latest incident
Dec 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
75
citations
13
significant & substantial
$8,368
proposed penalties
$8,368
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See West Hawaii Concrete's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
53
inspections on record
615
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: 615 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Waimea Quarry has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
75 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $338 in penalties contested before the Commission, $338 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-25.
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.
17.3%
significant & substantial
2.7%
high negligence or reckless
17.3%
reasonably likely or greater
50.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 2.7% none, 20.0% low, 74.7% moderate, 2.7% 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 · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 33%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 67%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$338 proposed, $338 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 2016-03-20.
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 2010-591M Default Lesnick 2011 $138 → $138
WEST 2010-383M Default Lesnick 2011 $100 → $100
WEST 2016-0328 Settlement Lesnick 2016 $100 → $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: 2024-01-04
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
21
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz8
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz5
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (21)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-01-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-01-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2021-04-06 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.5 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-06 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 1.64 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-11-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.52 10 0.05 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-11-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-01-26 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.33 10 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-03 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-03 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-01-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-01-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2002-12-19 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Mechanic
2002-12-19 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.79 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-12-19 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.49 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-02-08 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 51.38 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2001-02-08 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 367.91 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2001-02-08 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 149.31 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2001-02-08 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 76.04 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2001-02-08 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 63.88 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2001-02-06 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 5.35 Truck Driver
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.

Waimea Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.

Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ 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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Hawaii, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.73 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
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 20.27 13.51 0.000
2003 * 4.18 4.18 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 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. West Hawaii Concrete Ltd 1987 to 2001
  2. Grace Pacific Corp 1988 to 1988
  3. West Hawaii Concrete 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 6
2024 6
2023 8
2022 7
2021 4
2020 3
2019 4
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 0
2014 2
2013 3
2012 4
2011 4
2010 3
2009 8
2008 11
2007 12
2006 13
2005 14
2004 12
2003 17
2002 14
2001 15
2000 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Waimea Quarry 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 3,640 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,872 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,584 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,360 3 0 892.9
2025 Q1 3,104 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,880 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,100 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,380 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 3,996 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,572 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,546 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,810 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,120 1 0 320.5
2022 Q4 3,640 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,160 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,120 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,120 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,080 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,080 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,080 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,600 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,560 1 0 641.0
2020 Q3 2,080 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,560 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,560 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,560 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,600 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,560 2 0 1282.1
2018 Q4 1,560 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,755 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,755 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,560 2 0 1282.1
2017 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,848 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,310 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,416 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,920 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,920 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,920 1 0 520.8
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 1,584 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,584 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,584 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,584 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,584 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,818 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,818 1 0 550.1
2012 Q4 2,016 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,984 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,820 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,080 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,113 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,080 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,080 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,560 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,280 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,056 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,024 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 992 3 1 3024.2
2009 Q3 2,904 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,752 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,096 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,224 1 0 236.7
2008 Q3 4,824 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,280 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 7,689 4 0 520.2
2007 Q4 6,135 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 7,053 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,629 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 7,524 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,101 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,614 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 9,180 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 7,173 1 0 139.4
2005 Q4 9,187 2 0 217.7
2005 Q3 9,324 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 8,194 2 0 244.1
2005 Q1 8,288 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 7,394 5 1 676.2
2004 Q3 8,003 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,260 7 0 964.2
2004 Q1 6,942 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 13,650 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 12,313 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 11,941 2 2 167.5
2003 Q1 9,901 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 10,315 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 8,467 8 3 944.8
2002 Q2 10,681 12 4 1123.5
2002 Q1 11,041 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 11,714 6 1 512.2
2001 Q3 11,531 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 11,130 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 9,774 3 0 306.9
2000 Q4 8,577 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 8,728 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 8,941 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 7,576 8 1 1056.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2004 · 3 incidents

December 30, 2004 HI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
West Hawaii Concrete · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Holding a carrage bolt, using an air gun to remove the nut, the bolt spun around and cut his finger.

August 14, 2004 HI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
West Hawaii Concrete · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee bent over to look under the crusher and felt pain in his back

May 19, 2004 HI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
West Hawaii Concrete · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Conveyor wet from rain. Employee walked on conveyor and slipped and fell, landing on butt.

2003 · 1 incident

November 26, 2003 HI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
West Hawaii Concrete · Struck by flying object

Blowing dirt off a piece of equipment with an air gun, dirt went into eye. Employee did not report injury until the end of december. Took sick leave before reporting the incident.

1999 · 1 incident

May 13, 1999 HI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
West Hawaii Concrete Ltd · Struck against a moving object

WHILE BACKING UP ROCK TRUCK TO 1 1/2" STOCK PILE, WENT BACK TOO FAR AND TRUCK FLIPPED OVER END OF RAMP. 3 BROKEN BONE'S IN LEFT LEG.

1989 · 1 incident

January 18, 1989 HI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
West Hawaii Concrete Ltd · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ABOVE JAW CRUSHER USING A PRY BAR TO FREE A ROCK THAT WAS STUK IN JAW. PRY BAR BOUNCED BACK STRICKING EMPLOYEE IN FACE.

1988 · 1 incident

August 8, 1988 HI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
West Hawaii Concrete Ltd · Struck by falling object

EMPL OYEE WAS TRYING TO FREE A ROCK THAT HAD LODGED IN JAW CRUSHER.WHILE DOING SO,ANOTHER ROCK ROLLED FROM THE HOPPER AND STRUCK EMPLOYEES FOOT,RESUL TING IN BROKEN FOOT.