Kona Cinder & Soil Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS OPERATING THE D-8 DOZER IN RESTRICTED AREA. OPERATING BULLDOZER NEAR THE BASE OF A 60FT HIGHWALL WHEN THE WALL COLLAPSED, BURYING HIM
Kona Cinder & Soil Inc: 1 recorded fatality operator
Controlled by
Charles Harlan
MSHA operator ID: L18127
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
34
citations
16
significant & substantial
$17,485
proposed penalties
$15,567
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,918 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
8
inspections on record
246
inspection hours
n/a
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.Rate withheld: 246 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.$17K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$418
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $15K in penalties contested before the Commission, $14K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-02-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.48.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
48.5%
reasonably likely or greater
51.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
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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)
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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: 2006-02-06, 20 years ago
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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.1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
- Respirable dust, <.1mg1
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.
Contested penalties
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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 operator contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEST20020182M | Settlement | Bulluck | 2002 | $15K → $14K |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Top causes
- MACHINERY 1 fatality
Incident timeline
2001
1 (1f)
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
1 recordedFor insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
Where Kona Cinder & Soil Inc stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate
MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample, score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.
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