Mining Incidents

ARENERO DE RIO ABAJO Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jesus Arce
Utuado, Arecibo County, PR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5400073

ARENERO DE RIO ABAJO has $168 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
1990–1993
Latest incident
May 1993
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
2
citations
1
significant & substantial
$168
proposed penalties
$168
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
7
inspections on record
37
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: 37 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

ARENERO DE RIO ABAJO has $168 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$168
proposed penalties
$168
current assessed
$168
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-11-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 3,360 2 1 595.2
2001 Q3 3,280 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,360 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,360 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,360 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,360 0 0 0.0
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 3,360 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,360 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1993 · 2 incidents

March 17, 1993 PR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Salva Concrete Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ALEGA DOLOR DE CINTURA- ALLEGES PAIN IN THE WAISTLINE.

1992 · 1 incident

February 24, 1992 PR · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Salva Concrete Industries Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPER SHOVEL HIT BUMP LOADED SHIFTED PAIN IN WAIST

1990 · 1 incident

May 2, 1990 PR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Salva Concrete Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH: (HE WAS CLOSING THE CRANE WINDOW AND PINCHED THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND.)

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