Mining Incidents

Carbonato Calizo-Ciales: 110 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Ciales, Manati County, PR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5400162

Carbonato Calizo-Ciales has $39K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K 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
1987–1995
Latest incident
May 1995
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
110
citations
47
significant & substantial
$39,235
proposed penalties
$29,385
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,850 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
112
inspections on record
654
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: 654 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Carbonato Calizo-Ciales has $39K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K 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.
$39K
proposed penalties
$39K
current assessed
$29K
paid to date
$10K
outstanding
101 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-11-29.
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.
46.5%
significant & substantial
45.5%
high negligence or reckless
46.5%
reasonably likely or greater
79.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 54.5% moderate, 45.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2014-10-09, 11 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
16
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz8
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (16)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2014-10-09 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.83 10 0.08 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-10-09 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2 10 0.20 Bagging Operator
2014-10-09 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2 10 0.20 Bulldozer Operator
2011-05-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2011-05-17 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.69 10 0.07 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-08-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2010-08-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-09-10 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Cleanup Man
2009-09-10 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Cleanup Man
2009-04-23 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.01 10 0.20 Bobcat Operator
2006-04-18 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.46 10 0.05 Bagging Operator
2006-04-18 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-08-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-05-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.63 2.31 0.27 Bagging Operator
2001-05-24 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.79 10 0.08 Cleanup Man
2001-01-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 10 0.03 Pelletizer 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.

Carbonato Calizo-Ciales recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2010.

Injury rate, 2010
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 2.68 and the all-US-mining average was 3.20 cases per 100 workers.
In Puerto Rico, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.61 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.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2010 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2009 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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.
Ownership history
  1. Admin Para el Desarrollo Empresas Agropecuarias 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2017 4
2016 9
2015 9
2014 12
2013 14
2012 15
2011 11
2010 17
2009 22
2008 20
2007 21
2006 21
2005 19
2004 18
2003 19
2002 20
2001 22
2000 22
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Carbonato Calizo-Ciales sits in Manatí 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.
Manatí Municipio, Puerto Rico · Population 39,152
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$20,352
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
2017 Q2 1,614 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,594 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,508 1 0 398.7
2016 Q3 2,664 3 1 1126.1
2016 Q2 3,069 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,138 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,520 3 2 1190.5
2015 Q3 2,649 0 0 0.0
Show 62 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q2 2,592 2 1 771.6
2015 Q1 2,517 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,517 2 2 794.6
2014 Q3 2,659 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,628 2 0 551.3
2014 Q1 3,466 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,528 3 1 850.3
2013 Q3 3,346 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,516 2 1 362.6
2013 Q1 3,730 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,603 6 1 1665.3
2012 Q3 3,985 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,407 8 1 1815.3
2012 Q1 3,964 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,221 2 1 473.8
2011 Q3 3,823 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,782 4 0 1057.6
2011 Q1 3,318 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,193 5 1 1192.5
2010 Q3 4,380 3 0 684.9
2010 Q2 5,305 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 6,127 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 6,089 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 7,868 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 7,734 3 0 387.9
2009 Q1 7,462 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,381 3 2 470.1
2008 Q3 7,023 12 9 1708.7
2008 Q2 6,739 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 7,032 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,391 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 7,650 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 9,086 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 8,808 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 8,786 4 4 455.3
2006 Q3 7,591 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,670 1 1 149.9
2006 Q1 7,646 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,676 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,534 4 1 530.9
2005 Q2 7,788 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,647 2 2 300.9
2004 Q4 6,351 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,545 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,417 3 2 404.5
2004 Q1 7,246 1 0 138.0
2003 Q4 6,149 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,307 2 0 273.7
2003 Q2 7,940 5 2 629.7
2003 Q1 6,596 2 0 303.2
2002 Q4 6,273 6 2 956.5
2002 Q3 7,413 1 0 134.9
2002 Q2 6,260 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,260 3 2 479.2
2001 Q4 6,173 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,715 2 0 297.8
2001 Q2 9,032 7 6 775.0
2001 Q1 10,462 3 2 286.8
2000 Q4 9,644 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 8,052 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 8,631 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 8,886 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1995 · 2 incidents

May 16, 1995 PR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Admin Para el Desarrollo Empresas Agropecuarias · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS GOING TO TIE UP THE CHANNEL OF THE CONVEYOR FROM THE ROOF. THROUGH THE MATERIAL STOREHOUSE WITH TENSOR CABLE. THIS CABLE WAS ALREADY TIED TO A COLUMN. WHEN HE GOT READY TO UNTIE THE CABLE IT BROKE AND FELL ON HIS LEFT EYELID.

April 5, 1995 PR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Admin Para el Desarrollo Empresas Agropecuarias · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE ACCIDENT OCCURR WHEN THE EMPLOYEE HIT WITH A HAMMER APIECE OF METAL TUBE TO CUT A SHEET OF GUM THE TUBE JUMP & HIT IN THE LEFT EYE PRODUCED A HURT

1994 · 1 incident

1992 · 1 incident

May 26, 1992 PR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
Admin Para el Desarrollo Empresas Agropecuarias · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

55031BORER DURING WORK ON THE 19TH OR 20TH OF MAY BEGAN TO ITCH & HIVES APPEARED IN THE AREA OF HIS COLLAR HIS WAIST & HIS ARMS

1987 · 2 incidents

April 13, 1987 PR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Admin Para el Desarrollo Empresas Agropecuarias · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TRANSPOR7ING MATERIAL TO THE PLANT IN A TRUCK WHEN A HOOK OF A TREE BRANCH POKED/ENTERED HIS EYE CAUSING INJURY.