Kilauea Crushers Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
LOST CONTROL OF 910 CAT LOADER WHILE HAULING WELDER UP A STEEP GRADE. JUMPED FROM VEHICLE AND WAS RUN OVER BY IT.
Kilaueu Crushers Inc. operator
Controlled by
C William Nichols
MSHA operator ID: L10749
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
813
citations
182
significant & substantial
$454,066
proposed penalties
$287,050
paid to date
63% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $167,016 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
219
inspections on record
3,340
inspection hours
24.3
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.813 citations across 3,340 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$454K
proposed penalties
$332K
current assessed
$287K
paid to date
$45K
outstanding
800 assessments are final orders; 137 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 3 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 15 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 10 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 3 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 2 non-fatal
- IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
1
2019
1
2012
1
2009
1
2008
1
2007
5
2005
4
2004
4
2003
3
2002
2
2001
5
1999
2
1998
5
1997
1 (1f)
1996
2
Mines on record
- The Ridge AZ
- HILLSIDE PLANT AZ
- Picacho Plant AZ
- Jomax Plant 2 AZ
- Estrella AZ
Fatalities under this operator
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