Mining Incidents

West Hawaii Landfill Metal/Non-Metal

Kona, Hawaii County, HI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5100276

West Hawaii Landfill has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2011
Latest incident
May 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
13
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,365
proposed penalties
$2,365
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
9
inspections on record
136
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: 136 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

West Hawaii Landfill has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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
13 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-04-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2012 Q4 1,266 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,490 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,536 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,320 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,483 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,021 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,592 2 0 263.4
2011 Q1 4,806 1 0 208.1
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q4 3,233 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,154 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,073 2 1 650.8
2010 Q1 3,853 6 2 1557.2
2009 Q4 3,587 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,634 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,691 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,526 2 0 567.2
2008 Q4 2,400 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,942 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,880 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,450 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2011 · 1 incident

May 7, 2011 HI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STRIKING OR BUMPING
Waste Management of Hawaii · Struck against stationary object

Worker hit his head on down spout of water tank fill.

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