Mining Incidents

Cantera El Pozo Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Haydee Franqui
Sabana Grande, Yauco County, PR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 5400362

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2003–2005
Latest incident
Mar 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
174
citations
64
significant & substantial
$93,461
proposed penalties
$16,973
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 4,848 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,727 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,410 3 1 554.5
2025 Q1 4,627 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,773 1 0 173.2
2024 Q3 5,186 8 2 1542.6
2024 Q2 5,105 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 6,004 5 4 832.8
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2005 · 2 incidents

March 30, 2005 - · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Cantera El Pozo Inc. · Struck against a moving object

The ee left the door of a truck open, forgot to wear his hard hat, and bumped his head with a corner of the door, with a resulting injury requiring 3 points of suture resulting in 1 1/2 working days off.

February 2, 2005 - · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Cantera El Pozo Inc. · Struck by flying object

A column of fugitive dust blew at the face of the employee with particles causing injury and temporary blindness in his left eye. Employee had to abandon work and seek medical assistance.

2003 · 1 incident

July 30, 2003 - · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Cantera El Pozo Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC LOWER BACK PAIN DUE TO STRESS CAUSED BY VIBRATION OF THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT HE USUALLY OPERATES (BULLDOZER AND BACKHOE EXCAVATOR).