Mining Incidents

CORDECO NORTH-WEST Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Thomas C Cordero
5 Miles from Aguada, Aguadilla County, PR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5400418

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2007–2009
Latest incident
Oct 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
69
citations
33
significant & substantial
$33,033
proposed penalties
$23,030
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
2022 Q2 2,385 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 5,650 3 1 531.0
2012 Q4 6,175 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 8,632 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,824 3 0 1062.3
2012 Q1 8,003 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 7,898 2 1 253.2
2011 Q3 7,205 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

4 on file

2009 · 2 incidents

October 29, 2009 - · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cordeco North-West Corp · Struck against a moving object

Employee was unloading the dump truck and suddenly the base of the hydraulic dump hoist broke. The dump truck bed came down in full force. Employee suffered body aches with no visible injuries.

October 6, 2009 - · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Cordeco North-West Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

An employee was driving a dump truck with the dump bed elevated causing it to hit the telephone lines that cross from the telephone post to the office. These cables were detached and hit an employee that was walking toward the office, striking him on the leg and pulling him to the ground. The employee received minor scrapes on his head and bruises due to the fall.

2008 · 1 incident

March 31, 2008 - · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cordeco North-West Corp · Fall from machine

The employee was verifying the trucks water filter, he slipped and fell to the ground. He hit his back.

2007 · 1 incident

November 7, 2007 - · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Cordeco North-West Corp · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

While the hydrascreen conveyor was turned on EE tired to pull out a rock that was caught up in the machine. Machine grabbed EE's hand causing a superfical abrasion on his upper right wrist. The loader operator became aware of what was happening, shut down the machine and help EE out.