Mining Incidents

CORDECO NORTH-WEST Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Thomas C Cordero
5 Miles from Aguada, Aguadilla County, PR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5400418

CORDECO NORTH-WEST has $33K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2007–2009
Latest incident
Oct 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
69
citations
33
significant & substantial
$33,033
proposed penalties
$23,030
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,003 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
50
inspections on record
424
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: 424 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CORDECO NORTH-WEST has $33K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$33K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
64 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-01-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2022 Q2 2,385 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 5,650 3 1 531.0
2012 Q4 6,175 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 8,632 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,824 3 0 1062.3
2012 Q1 8,003 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 7,898 2 1 253.2
2011 Q3 7,205 0 0 0.0
Show 43 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q2 8,416 2 0 237.6
2011 Q1 10,482 1 0 95.4
2010 Q4 10,194 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 10,298 1 1 97.1
2010 Q2 11,309 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 12,746 3 1 235.4
2009 Q4 16,194 2 2 123.5
2009 Q3 15,728 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 14,853 1 1 67.3
2009 Q1 14,636 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 17,041 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 17,188 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 16,304 10 5 613.3
2007 Q4 19,103 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 17,742 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 16,204 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 16,048 4 2 249.3
2006 Q4 15,176 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 14,859 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 13,089 4 1 305.6
2006 Q1 13,080 2 2 152.9
2005 Q4 11,326 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 10,186 2 2 196.3
2005 Q2 9,737 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 9,710 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 10,014 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8,325 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 8,603 4 2 465.0
2004 Q1 7,635 1 1 131.0
2003 Q4 10,074 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 10,843 1 0 92.2
2003 Q2 11,105 4 2 360.2
2003 Q1 13,124 3 1 228.6
2002 Q4 13,664 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 14,811 4 3 270.1
2002 Q2 14,575 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 14,929 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 15,098 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 13,088 1 0 76.4
2001 Q2 13,682 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 10,800 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 9,120 2 2 219.3
2000 Q2 4,320 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2009 · 2 incidents

October 29, 2009 PR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cordeco North-West Corp · Struck against a moving object

Employee was unloading the dump truck and suddenly the base of the hydraulic dump hoist broke. The dump truck bed came down in full force. Employee suffered body aches with no visible injuries.

October 6, 2009 PR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Cordeco North-West Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

An employee was driving a dump truck with the dump bed elevated causing it to hit the telephone lines that cross from the telephone post to the office. These cables were detached and hit an employee that was walking toward the office, striking him on the leg and pulling him to the ground. The employee received minor scrapes on his head and bruises due to the fall.

2008 · 1 incident

March 31, 2008 PR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cordeco North-West Corp · Fall from machine

The employee was verifying the trucks water filter, he slipped and fell to the ground. He hit his back.

2007 · 1 incident

November 7, 2007 PR · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Cordeco North-West Corp · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

While the hydrascreen conveyor was turned on EE tired to pull out a rock that was caught up in the machine. Machine grabbed EE's hand causing a superfical abrasion on his upper right wrist. The loader operator became aware of what was happening, shut down the machine and help EE out.

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