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Arturo Diaz Jr controller

MSHA controller ID: M02448

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
128
Mines on record
4
Years on record
1983–2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
237
citations
103
significant & substantial
$112,287
proposed penalties
$100,265
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $12,022 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
143
inspections on record
1,105
inspection hours
21.4
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.
237 citations across 1,105 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$112K
proposed penalties
$100K
current assessed
$100K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
230 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-10-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2010
1
2009
1
1997
2
1996
3
1991
4
1990
23 (1f)
1989
17
1988
22
1987
14
1986
10
1985
9
1984
9
1983
13

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
September 20, 1990 PR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
San Juan Cement Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WITNESSES ALLEGE THAT THE EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING AN AREA FOR THE TEMPORARY STORAGE OF STEEL BEAMS WHICH WERE BEING OFF-LOADED FROM A FLATBED TRUCK. WHILE THOSE BEAMS WERE SUSPENDED OVERHEAD BY NYLON SLINGS, THEY TILTED, SLID THROUGH THE SLINGS AND FELL, IMPACTING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD (FACE AREA). THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSFERRED BY AMBULANCE TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOU

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