Arecibo Aggregates has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
23
Years on record
1984–2003
Latest incident
Nov 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
36
citations
20
significant & substantial
$7,133
proposed penalties
$3,556
paid to date
50% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,577 gap.
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: 228 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Arecibo Aggregates has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-03-22.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Arecibo Aggregates recorded 9.14 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003.
Injury rate, 2003
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
9.14
total case rate
9.14
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
In Puerto Rico, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.48 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2003 *
9.14
9.14
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2017
3
2016
3
2005
5
2004
8
2003
11
2002
8
2001
12
2000
20
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Arecibo Aggregates 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
2017 Q1
1,298
1
0
770.4
2016 Q4
1,449
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
0
0
0
2005 Q3
2,538
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
3,034
4
3
1318.4
2005 Q1
551
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
1,036
1
0
965.3
2004 Q3
2,633
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2004 Q2
5,545
1
0
180.3
2004 Q1
5,514
1
0
181.4
2003 Q4
5,550
5
2
900.9
2003 Q3
5,639
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
5,471
1
0
182.8
2003 Q1
5,218
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
4,024
2
2
497.0
2002 Q3
3,997
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
3,803
7
5
1840.7
2002 Q1
3,201
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
3,646
3
1
822.8
2001 Q3
3,492
6
5
1718.2
2001 Q2
7,583
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
8,593
3
2
349.1
2000 Q4
9,650
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
10,668
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
9,817
1
0
101.9
2000 Q1
10,847
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
23 on file
2003 · 1 incident
November 7, 2003PR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
HE WAS CUTTING SCREW WITH THE OXY-ACETYLENE IN THE SAND SCREW. A HOT STEEL PARTICLE FELL ON THE RIGHT ANKLE.
1999 · 1 incident
January 15, 1999PR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techEXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
WAS REPAIRING A TIRE AND IT BLEW UP AFFECTING HIS LEFT HAND.
1998 · 1 incident
March 30, 1998PR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE EMPLOYEE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE UPPER PART OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BACK EXTENDING TO THE LEFT ARM. THIS WAS THE RESULT OF THE CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT OF THE EMPLOYEE'S ARMS IN THE COURSE OF HIS USUAL WORK.
PICKING ROCKS FROM A CONVEYOR BELT TO THE MILL WHEN A WIRE WHICH PASSED BY ON THE BELT SCRAPED HIS RIGHT FOREARM. INJURY REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.
1994 · 3 incidents
November 8, 1994PR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WAS CLEANING EQUIPMENT PIECE WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HE CUT THE PALM OF LEFT HAND NEAR THE LITTLE FINGER ON THE DISC OF THE POLISHER HE WAS USING.
March 7, 1994PR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HE WAS CHANGING A TIRE ON THE LOADER AND THE CAT-------------, STRIKING HIM IN THE CHEST AND ON THE NOSE. NARRATIVE WRITTEN IN SPANISH BEST INTERPRUTATION WE COULD COME UP WITH.
Gravero Vazquez Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE HELPING TO CHANGE A TIRE PINCHED HIS LEFT HAND WITH A BAR. WHILE PRYING OFF THE RING WHAT ORIGINALLY WAS A SCRATCH ON THE PALM ABCESSED OVER THE WEEKEND AND DEVELOPED INTO A FEVER.
July 13, 1993PR · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM THE MACHINE WHEN HE HIT HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE EDGE OF THE METAL BATTERY COVER RESULTING IN A CONTUSION AND A SMALL LACERATION TO THE ELBOW. HE CLEANED TREATED AND BANDA GED THE INJURY BUT IT BECAME INFLAMED AND HE WENT TO THE DR.
June 22, 1993PR · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
HEAVY EUIPMENT OPERATOR, CLEANING D-7 WITH A LITTLE SHOVEL, MADE A STRONG MOVE (THRUST) WHICH RESULTED IN THE SHOCK TO HIS HAND WHEN THE SHOVEL HIT THE METAL OF THE MACHINE CAUSING A CONTUSION ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
February 22, 1993PR · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE PERFORMING A WASTE UNLOAD MANEUVER, THE EMPLOYER'S TRUCK CAUGHT A HOLE, FLIPPING TO IT'S RIGTH SIDE. THE DRIVER HURT HIS LOWER BACK IN THE ACCIDENT. HE IS ALREADY REPORTED TO THE FONDO DEL SEGURO DEL ESTADO.
February 4, 1992PR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
OPERATOR WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK LOADED & WHEN HE PASSED BESIDE A T RENCH THE TRUCK ACCIDENTALLY OVER TURN FALLING TO ITS RT SIDE
1990 · 2 incidents
August 13, 1990PR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
January 20, 1989PR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF METAL WITH THE ACETYLENE/OXYGEN EQUIPMENT AND WHEN HE PULLED THE OXYGEN HOSE IT GRAZED WITH SOMETHING SHARP. WHEN THAT HAPPENED, SAID HOSE WAS CUT, IT EXPLO DED, BURNING THE EMPLOYEE IN HIS MIDDLE AREA OF HIS BODY. THE QUANTITY OF DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT CANNOT BE MEASURED AT THIS TIME.
THE MACHINE WAS OR LOOKED TO THE DRIVER THAT WAS GOING TO TURN OVER AND HE JUMPED AND AS HE STARTED TO RUN THAT IS HOW THE OPERATOR SAID THAT THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED THE MACHINE DID NOT TURN OVE
1987 · 1 incident
March 10, 1987PR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE EMPLOYEE WAS GIVING THE FINAL GRINDING TO A PAVT OF METAL THE DISCO GRINDING SLIP FROM HIS RIGHT HAUYL AND CAUSE A WOUND ON THE WRIST OF HIS LEFT HAND.
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