CANTERA LA RITA: 6 MSHA citations
Metal/Non-Metal
CANTERA LA RITA has $799 in proposed MSHA penalties and $799 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1988–1995
- Latest incident
- Nov 1995
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
3
significant & substantial
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $799 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
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: 49 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 LA RITA has $799 in proposed MSHA penalties and $799 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.
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-04-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
50.0%
significant & substantial
66.7%
high negligence or reckless
50.0%
reasonably likely or greater
100.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 33.3% moderate, 66.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
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Empresas Tito Castro Inc
1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year |
Employees |
| 2001 |
5 |
| 2000 |
14 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
CANTERA LA RITA sits in Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
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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 |
| 2001 Q2 |
1,240 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 |
1,376 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 |
3,880 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 |
2,810 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 |
3,731 |
6 |
3 |
1608.1 |
| 2000 Q1 |
3,882 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
1995 · 1 incident
Empresas Tito Castro Inc · Struck by flying object
THE WELDER HIT THE TRACKS OF A BULLDOZER WITH A HAMMER TO CLEAN RUST AND HARD MUD AFFIXED. THEREWAS AN APPARENT SMALL LAYER OF RUST FROM WHERE APARTICLE (FOREIGN OBJECT) FLEW TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FACE RESULTING IN AN IMBEDMENT. A PHYSICIAN REMOVED THE PARTICLE AND TREATED A VERY SHALLOW DEPTH INJURY IN ONLY ONE VISIT. HE RETURNED TO WORK SAME DAY.
1994 · 1 incident
August 17, 1994
PR · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Empresas Tito Castro Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
THE MAN WAS TRYING TO PULL OUT A TRUCK TIRE FROM THE HUB. WHILE DOING SO HE FELT A SUDDEN PAIN IN THE RIGH UPPER PART OF THE ARM BONE.
1988 · 1 incident
March 14, 1988
PR · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Empresas Tito Castro Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
ACORDING TO FORM 373 REPORT SUBMITTED EMPLOYEE SUFERRED A SLIP WHILE HELPING TO LEFT AN ELECTRIC MOTOR TO BE INSTALLED IN ONE OF THE SCREENS. AS A REUSLT OF THESLIP HE WAS OVERCIX CONDITION.