BARRETO BEST BLOCK Metal/Non-Metal
EPAS RECYCLING BLOCK LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Pablo Barreto; Edgardo Barreto; Saul Barreto
arecibo,
Arecibo County,
PR
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 5400492
BARRETO BEST BLOCK has $13K 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
- 0
- Years on record
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
57
citations
17
significant & substantial
$13,497
proposed penalties
$9,011
paid to date
67% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,486 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
65
inspections on record
548
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 548 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
BARRETO BEST BLOCK has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
51 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 724 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,006 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 824 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,020 | 1 | 0 | 980.4 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,176 | 1 | 0 | 850.3 |
| 2024 Q2 | 997 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 832 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 743 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,018 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 736 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 939 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 885 | 1 | 0 | 1129.9 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,015 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,051 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 849 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 976 | 1 | 0 | 1024.6 |
| 2021 Q3 | 1,086 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,068 | 1 | 0 | 936.3 |
| 2021 Q1 | 1,020 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 974 | 3 | 1 | 3080.1 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,176 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 956 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 678 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 880 | 4 | 2 | 4545.5 |
| 2019 Q3 | 982 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,129 | 1 | 0 | 885.7 |
| 2019 Q1 | 1,015 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,084 | 2 | 0 | 1845.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,209 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,376 | 4 | 1 | 2907.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 1,256 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 1,024 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 963 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,071 | 2 | 1 | 1867.4 |
| 2017 Q1 | 852 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 284 | 1 | 0 | 3521.1 |
| 2016 Q3 | 393 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 289 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 275 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 255 | 2 | 0 | 7843.1 |
| 2015 Q1 | 254 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 314 | 5 | 1 | 15923.6 |
| 2014 Q2 | 302 | 20 | 11 | 66225.2 |
| 2014 Q1 | 242 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 468 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 468 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 468 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 468 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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