Mining Incidents
Search Operators Mines Alerts Research Controllers Fatalgrams About
English Español
← Back to search

Cerrillos Dam Project: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Ponce County, PR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5400289

MSHA record for Cerrillos Dam Project (mine ID 5400289). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Cerrillos Dam Project.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Mar 1987
Ownership history
  1. Dillingham Construction International Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Cerrillos Dam Project sits in Ponce 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.
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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1987 · 1 incident

March 21, 1987 PR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dillingham Construction International Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS3THAT WHILE HANDLING STEEL ROLLERS HE SUFFERED A SPRAIN IN HT EINGUINAL AREA ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BODY.

1986 · 1 incident

December 6, 1986 PR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dillingham Construction International Inc · Fall from machine

IMPROPER METHOD3USED BY THE TERTIARY PLANTS OPERATOR WHEN APPLYING THE LOCK OUT PROCEDURE REACTIVATED TEH SYSTEM EMP SUFFERING THE ACCIDENT WAS WORKING WHILE STANDING ON TOP OF A CONVEYOR BELT THIS SHOULD NER5ER BEEN ALLOWED THE EMP WAS NOT EVEN TIED UP TO A SAFETY BELT AND LANYORD