Mining Incidents

Cantera El Pozo Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Haydee Franqui
Sabana Grande, Yauco County, PR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 5400362

Cantera El Pozo has $93K in proposed MSHA penalties and $76K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1996–2005
Latest incident
Mar 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
174
citations
64
significant & substantial
$93,461
proposed penalties
$16,973
paid to date
18% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $76,488 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
109
inspections on record
1,209
inspection hours
14.4
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.
174 citations across 1,209 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cantera El Pozo has $93K in proposed MSHA penalties and $76K 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.
$93K
proposed penalties
$93K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$76K
outstanding
173 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-27.
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
2025 Q4 4,848 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,727 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,410 3 1 554.5
2025 Q1 4,627 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,773 1 0 173.2
2024 Q3 5,186 8 2 1542.6
2024 Q2 5,105 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 6,004 5 4 832.8
Show 84 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 4,423 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,216 14 4 2684.0
2023 Q2 5,096 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,597 3 0 536.0
2022 Q4 4,012 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,909 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,376 3 1 685.6
2022 Q1 5,401 4 1 740.6
2021 Q4 3,880 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,741 1 0 210.9
2021 Q2 5,653 5 2 884.5
2021 Q1 4,996 5 1 1000.8
2020 Q4 4,454 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,029 2 0 397.7
2020 Q2 2,659 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,499 5 0 1429.0
2019 Q4 5,220 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,869 4 1 821.5
2019 Q2 4,988 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,082 5 2 1224.9
2018 Q4 4,335 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,175 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,032 11 4 2728.2
2018 Q1 2,865 4 3 1396.2
2017 Q4 531 3 1 5649.7
2017 Q3 2,197 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,016 5 2 1657.8
2017 Q1 1,167 4 0 3427.6
2016 Q4 1,922 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,929 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,971 2 1 503.7
2016 Q1 3,406 3 2 880.8
2015 Q4 2,435 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,718 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,844 1 0 542.3
2015 Q1 2,364 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,169 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,364 3 1 1269.0
2014 Q2 3,194 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,841 2 0 704.0
2013 Q4 2,652 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,753 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,427 3 1 875.4
2013 Q1 3,261 7 3 2146.6
2012 Q4 2,882 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,333 2 1 600.1
2012 Q2 3,375 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,453 4 2 1158.4
2011 Q4 1,601 1 0 624.6
2011 Q3 1,569 23 10 14659.0
2011 Q2 1,331 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,523 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 1 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 1,320 5 3 3787.9
2006 Q4 3,584 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,290 1 0 436.7
2006 Q2 2,776 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,808 1 0 262.6
2005 Q4 4,314 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,570 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,629 6 3 1296.2
2004 Q4 3,827 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,556 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 719 1 0 1390.8
2004 Q1 2,573 3 1 1166.0
2003 Q4 2,274 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,487 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,899 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,261 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,355 1 1 424.6
2002 Q3 3,833 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,635 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,670 1 1 176.4
2001 Q4 3,305 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,525 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,840 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 6,149 2 2 325.3
2000 Q4 7,261 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,489 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,621 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 7,898 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2005 · 2 incidents

March 30, 2005 PR · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Cantera El Pozo Inc. · Struck against a moving object

The ee left the door of a truck open, forgot to wear his hard hat, and bumped his head with a corner of the door, with a resulting injury requiring 3 points of suture resulting in 1 1/2 working days off.

February 2, 2005 PR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Cantera El Pozo Inc. · Struck by flying object

A column of fugitive dust blew at the face of the employee with particles causing injury and temporary blindness in his left eye. Employee had to abandon work and seek medical assistance.

2003 · 1 incident

July 30, 2003 PR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Cantera El Pozo Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC LOWER BACK PAIN DUE TO STRESS CAUSED BY VIBRATION OF THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT HE USUALLY OPERATES (BULLDOZER AND BACKHOE EXCAVATOR).

1999 · 1 incident

July 14, 1999 PR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cantera El Pozo Inc. · Fall from machine

AS EE WAS COMING DOWN A HILL HE NOTICED THE BRAKES FAILED, AND HE THREW HIMSELF FROM THE CAB OF THE TRUCK, RECEIVING CONTUSIONS ON HIS CHEST.

1998 · 1 incident

January 22, 1998 PR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cantera El Pozo Inc. · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AT THE MOMENT THE DIESEL WAS DISENGAGED FROM THE CRUSHER, THE CRUSHER MOVED MORE THAN THE EE EXPECTED & FELL OFF DROPPING 8' TO GROUND. EE FELL ALSO, FRACTURING SOME RIBS.

1996 · 1 incident

January 19, 1996 PR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cantera El Pozo Inc. · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS OPERATING THE 350 LOADER ON A RISE, WHICH GAVE WAY. UPON TRYING TO GET UP, HE FELT A MUSCLE TEAR AND A PAIN THAT PARALYZED HIS MOVEMENT.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.