Mining Incidents

Agregados RC: 69 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Bloques Colon · Surface
Controlled by Luis R Colon
Arecibo, Arecibo County, PR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5400285

Agregados RC has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $600 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1995–2000
Latest incident
May 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
69
citations
39
significant & substantial
$10,260
proposed penalties
$9,660
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $600 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
70
inspections on record
464
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 464 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Agregados RC has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $600 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$600
outstanding
67 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-05-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
58.2%
significant & substantial
32.8%
high negligence or reckless
58.2%
reasonably likely or greater
62.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.0% low, 64.2% moderate, 32.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2010-06-08, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-06-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-06-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-12-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-08-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.47 10 0.05 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-04 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Bloques Colon 1985 to present
  2. Agregados Ecologicos Del Norte Inc 2008 to 2009
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 4
2009 9
2008 7
2007 8
2006 9
2005 8
2004 7
2003 10
2002 8
2001 9
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Agregados RC sits in Arecibo Municipio, Puerto Rico, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Arecibo Municipio, Puerto Rico · Population 86,875
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$23,175
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q1 425 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 972 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 925 1 1 1081.1
2013 Q1 256 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 240 1 0 4166.7
2012 Q3 250 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 210 1 1 4761.9
Show 48 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q1 323 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 387 1 0 2584.0
2011 Q3 513 1 1 1949.3
2011 Q2 820 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 907 3 1 3307.6
2010 Q4 809 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 900 1 0 1111.1
2010 Q2 1,510 4 3 2649.0
2010 Q1 1,527 5 3 3274.4
2009 Q4 2,603 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,421 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,880 4 2 1388.9
2009 Q1 4,320 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,320 7 3 1620.4
2008 Q2 1,080 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,839 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,247 3 2 1335.1
2007 Q3 1,940 1 0 515.5
2007 Q2 2,748 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,669 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,816 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,045 2 1 656.8
2006 Q2 3,153 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,520 1 0 396.8
2005 Q4 2,412 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,060 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,055 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,603 2 2 768.3
2004 Q4 1,776 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,540 4 2 1574.8
2004 Q2 3,272 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,326 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,031 3 2 1477.1
2003 Q3 3,045 2 1 656.8
2003 Q2 2,396 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,606 1 0 622.7
2002 Q4 2,552 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,717 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,219 8 7 2485.2
2002 Q1 2,772 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,469 3 2 1215.1
2001 Q3 3,258 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,441 3 2 871.8
2001 Q1 3,128 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,220 2 1 621.1
2000 Q3 4,600 1 1 217.4
2000 Q2 4,136 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,762 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2000 · 1 incident

May 10, 2000 PR · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bloques Colon · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE GETTING OFF THE LOADER, EMPLOYEE HURT HIS LEFT FOOT.

1999 · 1 incident

September 9, 1999 PR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Bloques Colon · Struck by flying object

WHILE THE BELT WAS RUNNING A PIECE OF MEATERIAL CAME ROLLING DOWN IMPING OUT OF THE BELT INJURING HIS RIGHT HAND.

1996 · 1 incident

August 7, 1996 PR · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bloques Colon · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLEANING THE HAMMER ON THE HAMMERMILL, IT FELL AND HIS LEFT HAND WAS CRUSHED.

1995 · 1 incident

January 25, 1995 PR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bloques Colon · Struck against stationary object

WHILE REMOVING A STONE HE RECEIVED A LACERATION ON HIS RIGHT HAND.