Mining Incidents

CORDECO NORTH-WESTMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Thomas C Cordero
5 Miles from Aguada, Aguadilla County, PR · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5400418
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2007–2009
Latest incident
Oct 2009
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2009 · 2 incidents

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.

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

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

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.