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Jocarlrick Quarry: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Vega Baja County, PR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5400106

MSHA record for Jocarlrick Quarry (mine ID 5400106). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1984–1993
Latest incident
Jun 1993
Ownership history
  1. Jocarlrick Quarries Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Jocarlrick Quarry 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

4 on file

1993 · 1 incident

June 11, 1993 PR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Jocarlrick Quarries Corp · Unclassified, insufficient data

AS REPORTED BY EYE WITNESSES WORKER ANGEL A EE WALKED OUT HIS HOME LOCATED IN OPERATION AREA AND AS HE WALKED HE FELT DIZZY AND COMPLAINED OF A HEADACHE. HE WAS ASSISTED BY ONE OF HIS CO WORKE RS THAT WAS WALKING ALONG HIS SIDE THIS CO WORKER OTHER EE TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS KEPT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING DAY THE DAY BEFORE AT ABOUT 730 AM WHEN HE FELT ILL.

1990 · 1 incident

September 5, 1990 PR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Jocarlrick Quarries Corp · Struck by falling object

WORKER WAS UNLOADING CRUSHED MATERIAL INTO A TRUCK FROM AN OVERHEAD BIN. HE TOOK OFF HIS HARD HAT, MOMENTARILY, TO WIPE OFF PERSPIRATION FROM HIS BROW. DUE TO VIBRATION FROM OVERHEAD SCREENS & CONVEYOR A PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON HIS BARE HEAD,CAUSING A SMALL CUT ON HIS SKULL.

1986 · 1 incident

April 8, 1986 PR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Jocarlrick Quarries Corp · Struck against a moving object

BRAKES FAILED O3 DUMP TRUCK GOING DOWN TO PICK UP STONE TO BE TAKEN TO CRUSHING PLANT TRUCK STOPPED ON A ROCK PILE WHEN THE STEERING TURNED UPON IMPACT OF PILE THE DRIVER SUFFERED INJURIES ON HIS RT HAND 5ND RIGHT SIDE OF HIS TORSO

1984 · 1 incident

May 29, 1984 PR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jocarlrick Quarries Corp · Fall from machine

GETTING OFF FROM FRONT-END LOADERR,STEPPED FALSELY AND SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE.