Mining Incidents

Cantera del Este LLC Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Albert Vanniekerk
Las Piedras, Humacao County, PR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5400451

Cantera del Este LLC has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2017
Latest incident
Apr 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
67
citations
21
significant & substantial
$18,022
proposed penalties
$12,690
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,332 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
48
inspections on record
449
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: 449 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cantera del Este LLC has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
67 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-07-06.
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
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 3,870 3 1 775.2
2017 Q2 3,816 5 1 1310.3
2017 Q1 3,546 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,416 1 0 292.7
2016 Q3 3,575 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,273 1 0 234.0
Show 44 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q1 4,842 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,748 3 1 631.8
2015 Q3 1,581 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,160 6 3 1442.3
2013 Q1 4,769 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,620 6 2 1298.7
2012 Q3 4,585 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,744 2 1 421.6
2012 Q1 4,777 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,088 3 1 971.5
2011 Q3 3,073 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,060 3 2 980.4
2011 Q1 3,050 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,758 3 1 1087.7
2010 Q3 2,984 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,084 4 0 1919.4
2010 Q1 2,371 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,480 2 0 806.5
2009 Q3 2,648 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,304 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,971 3 1 755.5
2008 Q4 3,911 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,285 2 1 466.7
2008 Q2 5,872 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 6,202 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,224 4 2 642.7
2007 Q3 6,890 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,865 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 7,167 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,318 2 1 273.3
2006 Q3 7,136 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 8,580 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 7,401 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 7,377 2 0 271.1
2005 Q3 6,509 1 1 153.6
2005 Q2 5,613 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,923 2 1 406.3
2004 Q4 5,616 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,468 3 1 548.6
2004 Q2 5,745 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,162 5 0 968.6
2003 Q4 3,960 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,600 1 0 384.6
2003 Q2 2,980 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2017 · 1 incident

April 17, 2017 PR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Cantera del Este LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was stung by a bee hive.

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