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: 162 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 MONSEGUR has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-06-01.
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.
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: 2003-11-25, 22 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2003-11-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2003-11-25
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer 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.
CANTERA MONSEGUR recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.77 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Puerto Rico, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.86 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2005
0
2004
12
2003
13
2002
15
2001
17
2000
22
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
CANTERA MONSEGUR sits in Yauco Municipio, Puerto Rico, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Yauco Municipio, Puerto Rico · Population 33,509
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$21,918
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
2005 Q2
0
0
0
2005 Q1
0
0
0
2004 Q4
0
0
0
2004 Q3
2,749
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
5,415
1
0
184.7
2004 Q1
2,151
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
3,049
3
0
983.9
2003 Q3
2,859
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2003 Q2
1,409
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
1,921
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,733
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
2,288
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
3,306
1
0
302.5
2002 Q1
3,955
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
3,618
5
3
1382.0
2001 Q3
2,260
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
4,214
1
1
237.3
2001 Q1
2,567
2
1
779.1
2000 Q4
6,981
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
4,699
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
3,856
2
1
518.7
2000 Q1
5,015
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2002 · 4 incidents
September 26, 2002PR · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
THIS EE WAS BEEN SUFFERING FROM LOW BACK PAIN FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS DURING THIS PERIOD HE HAS RECEIVED THERAPY A COUPLE OF TIMES. DURING THE PAST WEEK 20-26 OCT HE TRIED TO WORK AND DENY HIS PAIN UNTIL IT BECAME UNEARABLE. HE IS NOW REPORTED TO THE STATE INSURANCE CORPORATION. WHICH WILL GIVE HIM ALL NECESSARY MEDICAL ATTENTION.
June 17, 2002PR · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
THE EMPLOYEE WAS FEEDING A MILL WHEN APPARENTLY A DUST PARTICLE FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING STRUCK HIM IN HIS LEFT EYE. HE STARTED TO RUB IT, CAUSING SOME SEVERE IRRITATION.
May 28, 2002PR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS REPAIRING A LOADER ENGINE, LIFTING ITS DAMPER ASSEMBLY WHEN IT FELL, HE TOOK A DIRECT HIT ON HIS LEFT HAND INDEX FINGER, RESULTING IN AN INJURY WHICH NEEDED EIGHT STITCHES TO CLOSE, NO DISABILITY IS EXPECTED.
WHILE HE WAS GIVING MAINTENANCE TO THE ELECTRIC PLANT, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED (WITHOUT ACTUALLY FALLING) AT 8:30 AM. DURING HIS NOON BREAK HE STARTED FEELING ACUTE PAIN ON HIS LOWER BACK.
1994 · 1 incident
September 14, 1994PR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS