Mining Incidents

CANTERA DORADO Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Pablo F Del Valle Rivera
Vega Alta, Manati County, PR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 5400036

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2001–2020
Latest incident
Jul 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
137
citations
45
significant & substantial
$37,852
proposed penalties
$17,724
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 4,175 2 0 479.0
2025 Q3 4,421 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,809 2 0 415.9
2025 Q1 4,344 1 0 230.2
2024 Q4 3,925 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,986 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,140 1 0 241.5
2024 Q1 4,222 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2020 · 1 incident

July 10, 2020 - · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Dorado Quarry And Recycling Corp · Struck by falling object

The employee was operating a "bobcat". EE got off the equipment and a stone that was in the magnet fell to the floor and hit EE's head.

2009 · 1 incident

January 9, 2009 - · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Cantera Dorado Inc · Struck by falling object

The miner was walking under the primary crushed stone plant when an approximately 3" stone fell from the conveyor belt and hit his hardhat and took a part of the neck area. The miner was immediately taken to the hospital where medical attention was provided. The tests showed a bruise on the neck area. The miner was sent home to rest.

2007 · 2 incidents

August 16, 2007 - · Metal/Non-Metal ENTRAPMENT
Cantera Dorado Inc · Accident type, without injuries

The miner was performing repairs on a feeder. A loader operator threw 3' material on feeder by mistake making an entrapment. The trapped miner was removed quickly from the feeder without injuries. Paramedics rushed to the site and examined the miner and luckily there were no injuries. The miner is in good health and was sent home for rest.

January 23, 2007 - · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cantera Dorado Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The operator began some repairs to the hydraulic hammer of a Komatsu excavator and suffered back pain because of the position he was in. He continued working with some pain but reported the injury and left the worksite immediately after the pain worsened.

2001 · 1 incident

May 30, 2001 - · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cantera Dorado Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE COMPLAINS OF BACK PAIN.