Mining Incidents

General Aggregates: 3 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Grupo La Pino · Surface
Controlled by Jose Mercado
Arecibo, Quebradillas County, PR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5400107

General Aggregates has $294 in proposed MSHA penalties and $294 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1992–1999
Latest incident
Jan 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
3
citations
1
significant & substantial
$294
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $294 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
9
inspections on record
38
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: 38 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

General Aggregates has $294 in proposed MSHA penalties and $294 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.
$294
proposed penalties
$294
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$294
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-01-17.
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.
33.3%
significant & substantial
66.7%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 33.3% moderate, 66.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Adorno Construction 1950 to 1978
  2. Cantera Guzman Inc 1978 to 1985
  3. Cantera Guzman Inc 1985 to 1988
  4. General Aggregates Inc 1988 to 2003
  5. Grupo La Pino 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2003 0
2002 0
2001 7
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

General Aggregates sits in Quebradillas 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.
Quebradillas Municipio, Puerto Rico · Population 23,486
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$23,624
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
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 2 1
2001 Q4 1,850 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,592 1 0 628.1
2001 Q2 844 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,763 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,502 0 0 0.0
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q3 3,393 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,268 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1999 · 1 incident

January 4, 1999 PR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
General Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE FELT PAIN ON THE LOWER ABDOMINAL AREA. HE WAS REPORTED TO THE STATE INSURANCE COMPORATION ON 1-4-99. ON 1-15-99 WAS EXAMINE BY THE DR'S AND THEY DESPENCE HE NEEDS AN OPERATION. HE IS GO ING TO BE OPERATED ON 1-19-99.

1998 · 4 incidents

November 23, 1998 PR · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
General Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS HIT WITH A HAMMER BY A COWORKER WHEN THEY WERE MAKING REPAIR TO A FRONT END LOADER.

February 18, 1998 PR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
General Aggregates Inc · Fall onto or against objects

THE EMPLOYEE WAS WLAKING OUT OF HIS WORK AREA WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL OVER A ROCK.

January 20, 1998 PR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
General Aggregates Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY HIS WIFE ON NON WORK HOURS ON 1-20-98. THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS DIAGNOSE A KIDNEY PROBLEM, PROBABLY CANCER THE WIFE ASKED US TO FILL THE FORMS FOR EE ON 1-26-98 WE WILL NOTIFY YOU IF THE COORPORATION DETERMINES THE ILLNESS IS WORK RELATED OR NOT.

1996 · 2 incidents

March 25, 1996 PR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
General Aggregates Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THE EE WAS CLEANING A RADIATOR WITH SOME DETERGENTS, AFTER FINISHING AND WASHING HIS HANDS, APARENTLY HE PASED A FINGER IN THE RIGHT EYE WICH CAUSED THE IRRITATION LATER IN THE AFTERNOON.

1992 · 1 incident

August 19, 1992 PR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
General Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BY THE CONVEYOR BELT.