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Cantera Montegrande Incorporated: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Raul Candelario
Mayaquez County, PR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5400095

MSHA record for Cantera Montegrande Incorporated (mine ID 5400095). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Jun 1990
Ownership history
  1. Cantera San Miguel Inc 1950 to 1989
  2. Cantera Montegrande Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Cantera Montegrande Incorporated sits in Mayagüez 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.
Mayagüez Municipio, Puerto Rico · Population 71,824
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$17,963
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1990 · 3 incidents

June 27, 1990 PR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cantera Montegrande Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BIG ROCK DROPPED INTO THE CRUSHER CAUSING AN OBSTRUCTION AND THE CRUSHER CAN NOT FUNCTION WE HAVE TO PULLED IT OUT OF THE CRUSHER TO CONTINUE THE OPERATIONS.

May 30, 1990 PR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cantera Montegrande Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE HE WAS LOOSING A CONVEYOR DOWN TO REPLACE A BEARING HE XXPREVENT BY SECURE THE DRAIN WITH A RATCHET PULLER WHEN HE PULL OUT THE LAST BOLT THE DRAIN CAME LOOSE & MADE A BIG PRESION ON HI S RT FOOT CAUSING A TRAUMA & A FX

January 11, 1990 PR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cantera Montegrande Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE HE WAS CLEANING THE FEEDER OF THE CRUSHER WITH A HAND PICK A ROCK SLIDE AND STOP WITH HIS LEFT LEG EE TRUMA AND LACERATION AT LEFT LEG.