CANTERA ANGOLA has $36K in proposed MSHA penalties and $500 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Oct 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
113
citations
33
significant & substantial
$36,390
proposed penalties
$34,758
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,632 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
83
inspections on record
583
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: 583 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2014-03-20.
On record since 2012.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
CANTERA ANGOLA has $36K in proposed MSHA penalties and $500 outstanding across 3 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.
$36K
proposed penalties
$35K
current assessed
$35K
paid to date
$500
outstanding
103 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $5K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-02-23.
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
13citations taken to the federal commission · 12% of citations on record
Settled
12 · 92%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 8%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
26%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$5K proposed, $3K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2015-10-06.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
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: 2009-12-15, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2009-12-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-06-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-01-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2003-01-07
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.29
10
0.03
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
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
Almodovar'S Heavy Machines Incorporated1980 to 1985
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2017
6
2016
2
2015
6
2014
9
2013
7
2012
11
2011
13
2010
10
2009
10
2008
11
2007
11
2006
14
2005
13
2004
10
2003
7
2002
8
2001
8
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
CANTERA ANGOLA sits in Ponce 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.
Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico · Population 134,676
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$18,827
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 Q4
353
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
583
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
1,735
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
2,221
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
0
0
0
2016 Q3
0
0
0
2016 Q2
20
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
1,808
0
0
0.0
Show 63 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2015 Q4
1,485
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
1,557
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
2,898
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,535
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
1,276
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
1,956
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
3,236
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
2,276
8
3
3514.9
2013 Q4
932
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,275
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
1,465
2
0
1365.2
2013 Q1
1,600
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
1,200
3
1
2500.0
2012 Q3
1,300
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
1,850
8
4
4324.3
2012 Q1
1,432
15
3
10474.9
2011 Q4
988
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
1,252
1
0
798.7
2011 Q2
2,032
5
1
2460.6
2011 Q1
1,450
3
1
2069.0
2010 Q4
1,271
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
900
5
0
5555.6
2010 Q2
1,492
2
0
1340.5
2010 Q1
2,235
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
4,654
1
0
214.9
2009 Q3
2,412
5
4
2073.0
2009 Q2
965
1
0
1036.3
2009 Q1
1,292
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
2,939
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
3,791
3
2
791.3
2008 Q1
3,784
2
0
528.5
2007 Q4
2,182
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
2,207
3
1
1359.3
2007 Q2
2,417
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
2,030
4
3
1970.4
2006 Q4
2,116
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
2,471
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
3,616
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
3,104
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
1,702
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
2,280
1
0
438.6
2005 Q2
2,452
1
0
407.8
2005 Q1
3,380
1
0
295.9
2004 Q4
2,633
3
1
1139.4
2004 Q3
2,287
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
2,671
3
2
1123.2
2004 Q1
1,687
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
1,121
2
0
1784.1
2003 Q3
1,751
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
1,423
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
1,772
4
4
2257.3
2002 Q4
3,076
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
3,095
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
2,166
3
2
1385.0
2002 Q1
2,386
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
2,506
14
1
5586.6
2001 Q3
2,782
1
0
359.5
2001 Q2
2,452
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
2,041
1
0
490.0
2000 Q4
2,743
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
3,774
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
4,402
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
3,333
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2001 · 3 incidents
October 8, 2001PR · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
TIGHTENING WATER PLUG WHEN HOT WATER HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT ARM.
September 26, 2001PR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON