Mining Incidents

Hard Rock Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Hardrock Quarry · Surface
Sabana Grande, Yauco County, PR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5400305

Hard Rock Quarry has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1997
Latest incident
Aug 1997
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
86
citations
37
significant & substantial
$17,996
proposed penalties
$4,774
paid to date
27% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,222 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
89
inspections on record
578
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: 578 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hard Rock Quarry has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13K 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$13K
outstanding
83 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-04-07.
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
2019 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
Show 68 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 248 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 288 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 260 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 449 1 1 2227.2
2015 Q1 788 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,385 2 0 1444.0
2014 Q3 1,388 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,472 4 1 2717.4
2014 Q1 957 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 736 1 1 1358.7
2013 Q3 724 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 726 2 0 2754.8
2013 Q1 720 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,046 4 1 3824.1
2012 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,280 7 2 5468.8
2012 Q1 1,650 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 495 6 3 12121.2
2011 Q3 420 5 0 11904.8
2011 Q2 420 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 516 3 1 5814.0
2010 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 497 5 1 10060.4
2010 Q1 421 3 1 7125.9
2009 Q4 855 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,920 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,601 3 0 1873.8
2009 Q1 1,778 4 1 2249.7
2008 Q4 2,050 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,048 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,016 3 2 1488.1
2008 Q1 2,158 3 0 1390.2
2007 Q4 2,112 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,016 4 3 1984.1
2007 Q2 2,048 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,072 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,024 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,128 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,080 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,544 3 3 1943.0
2005 Q4 1,895 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,512 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,250 1 1 444.4
2005 Q1 1,024 2 0 1953.1
2004 Q4 2,600 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,992 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,724 1 0 580.0
2003 Q4 2,059 1 1 485.7
2003 Q3 1,882 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,042 2 1 979.4
2003 Q1 2,193 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,408 2 2 830.6
2002 Q3 1,099 3 3 2729.8
2002 Q2 1,154 1 0 866.6
2002 Q1 1,142 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,126 5 5 4440.5
2001 Q3 2,351 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,461 2 2 812.7
2001 Q1 2,579 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,546 1 0 392.8
2000 Q3 2,535 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,506 2 1 798.1
2000 Q1 2,686 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1997 · 1 incident

August 3, 1997 PR · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
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