Agregados Piedra Blanca Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
While draining the radiator the cap burned employee's left hand.
Planta Garrochales Metal/Non-Metal
Agregados Piedra Blanca Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Jaime (Rodriguez) Dorta
Arecibo,
Arecibo County,
PR
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 5400449
Planta Garrochales has $31K 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
- 1
- Years on record
- 2020
- Latest incident
- Aug 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
107
citations
36
significant & substantial
$31,044
proposed penalties
$31,044
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
143
inspections on record
1,083
inspection hours
9.9
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.107 citations across 1,083 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Planta Garrochales has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$31K
proposed penalties
$31K
current assessed
$31K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
106 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 7,449 | 2 | 0 | 268.5 |
| 2025 Q3 | 7,253 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 7,513 | 3 | 1 | 399.3 |
| 2025 Q1 | 6,104 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 7,533 | 3 | 0 | 398.2 |
| 2024 Q3 | 6,244 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 6,706 | 4 | 0 | 596.5 |
| 2024 Q1 | 6,959 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 6,659 | 3 | 0 | 450.5 |
| 2023 Q3 | 7,712 | 5 | 1 | 648.3 |
| 2023 Q2 | 7,156 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 7,146 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 8,608 | 2 | 1 | 232.3 |
| 2022 Q3 | 6,941 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 7,340 | 2 | 1 | 272.5 |
| 2022 Q1 | 7,336 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 9,345 | 4 | 2 | 428.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 8,914 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 9,135 | 2 | 0 | 218.9 |
| 2021 Q1 | 10,040 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 10,579 | 3 | 2 | 283.6 |
| 2020 Q3 | 8,148 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 5,788 | 4 | 1 | 691.1 |
| 2020 Q1 | 5,402 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 6,794 | 3 | 1 | 441.6 |
| 2019 Q3 | 7,026 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 6,774 | 5 | 1 | 738.1 |
| 2019 Q1 | 6,088 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 7,489 | 9 | 3 | 1201.8 |
| 2018 Q3 | 5,993 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 6,820 | 2 | 0 | 293.3 |
| 2018 Q1 | 6,195 | 1 | 0 | 161.4 |
| 2017 Q4 | 5,540 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 4,793 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 4,838 | 2 | 1 | 413.4 |
| 2017 Q1 | 4,641 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 4,497 | 2 | 0 | 444.7 |
| 2016 Q3 | 4,358 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 4,193 | 1 | 0 | 238.5 |
| 2016 Q1 | 4,456 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 4,297 | 5 | 1 | 1163.6 |
| 2015 Q3 | 4,567 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 5,277 | 1 | 0 | 189.5 |
| 2015 Q1 | 4,786 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 4,700 | 1 | 1 | 212.8 |
| 2014 Q3 | 5,497 | 4 | 2 | 727.7 |
| 2014 Q2 | 5,500 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 6,243 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 4,781 | 1 | 1 | 209.2 |
| 2013 Q3 | 5,228 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 5,526 | 3 | 0 | 542.9 |
| 2013 Q1 | 5,984 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 2,053 | 3 | 1 | 1461.3 |
| 2012 Q3 | 2,593 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 2,966 | 4 | 4 | 1348.6 |
| 2012 Q1 | 1,869 | 1 | 0 | 535.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 2,190 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 2,848 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 2,699 | 3 | 1 | 1111.5 |
| 2011 Q1 | 2,634 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 2,712 | 1 | 0 | 368.7 |
| 2010 Q3 | 2,321 | 3 | 0 | 1292.5 |
| 2010 Q2 | 280 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q4 | 800 | 2 | 1 | 2500.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 1,656 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 2,264 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 1,863 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 1,935 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 2,001 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 1,378 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 1,327 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 1,359 | 1 | 0 | 735.8 |
| 2006 Q3 | 1,231 | 2 | 1 | 1624.7 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1,288 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 1,458 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 2,028 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 2,128 | 1 | 0 | 469.9 |
| 2005 Q2 | 2,008 | 3 | 3 | 1494.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 1,536 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 1,888 | 1 | 1 | 529.7 |
| 2004 Q3 | 2,530 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 1,704 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 1,992 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 2,504 | 2 | 1 | 798.7 |
| 2003 Q3 | 1,640 | 2 | 2 | 1219.5 |
| 2003 Q2 | 1,728 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2020 · 1 incident
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