Mining Incidents

Ciales Aggregates: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Ciales Aggregates · Surface
Controlled by Leon Jose M
Vega Baja County, PR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5400079

MSHA record for Ciales Aggregates (mine ID 5400079). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Jun 1988
Ownership history
  1. Gravarena Inc 1950 to 1987
  2. Air Supply Inc 1987 to 1987
  3. Ciales Aggregates 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Ciales Aggregates sits in Vega Baja 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.
Vega Baja Municipio, Puerto Rico · Population 54,058
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$23,877
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

June 1, 1988 PR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ciales Aggregates · Contact with hot objects or substances

OPENING THE LOADER RADIATOR CAP WITH HIS FOOT. THE CAP TURNED LOOSE AND HOT WATER BURNED HIS LEFT LEG.