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Puerto Rico Asphalt, LLC: 190 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jorge A Diaz-Mayoral
Salinas, Santa Isabel County, PR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 5400368

Puerto Rico Asphalt, LLC has $66K 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
5
Years on record
1996–2025
Latest incident
Aug 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
190
citations
59
significant & substantial
$66,444
proposed penalties
$54,422
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $12,022 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Puerto Rico Asphalt, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
136
inspections on record
1,257
inspection hours
15.1
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.
190 citations across 1,257 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Puerto Rico Asphalt, LLC has $66K 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.
$66K
proposed penalties
$54K
current assessed
$54K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
188 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $27K in penalties contested before the Commission, $15K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-16.
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.
31.4%
significant & substantial
27.7%
high negligence or reckless
31.4%
reasonably likely or greater
76.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.9% low, 66.5% moderate, 27.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
45%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$27K proposed, $15K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2009-12-15.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 2010-281M Settlement McCarthy 2011 $27K → $15K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2024-12-06
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz7
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (15)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-12-06 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.09 10 0.11 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-12-06 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.28 10 0.23 Laborer, Bullgang
2024-07-11 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.45 10 0.05 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-07-11 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.08 10 0.21 Bobcat Operator
2023-06-14 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.31 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-06-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-12-05 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.5 10 0.05 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-12-05 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.92 10 0.09 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-23 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 1.22 Cleanup Man
2019-04-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-08-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.36 10 0.04 Backhoe Operator
2017-08-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2003-08-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Cleanup Man
2002-04-30 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Bulldozer Operator
2002-04-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 0.81 0.46 Belt Cleaner
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

Puerto Rico Asphalt, LLC recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.

Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Puerto Rico, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.41 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Betteroads Asphalt Corp 1995 to 2016
  2. Transporte Rodriguez Asfalto, Inc. 2016 to 2020
  3. Puerto Rico Asphalt, LLC 2020 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 6
2025 6
2024 6
2023 7
2022 8
2021 5
2020 6
2019 5
2018 5
2017 6
2016 7
2015 8
2014 6
2013 4
2012 8
2011 8
2010 9
2009 9
2008 9
2007 10
2006 6
2005 9
2004 7
2003 5
2002 6
2001 11
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Puerto Rico Asphalt, LLC sits in Santa Isabel 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.
Santa Isabel Municipio, Puerto Rico · Population 20,064
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$23,197
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
2026 Q2 3,212 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 854 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,767 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,560 3 3 1171.9
2025 Q2 3,472 1 1 288.0
2025 Q1 3,505 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,629 3 0 826.7
2024 Q3 2,939 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,539 3 0 847.7
2024 Q1 3,008 2 1 664.9
2023 Q4 3,111 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,985 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,023 4 2 994.3
2023 Q1 3,457 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,776 11 6 3962.5
2022 Q3 3,848 1 0 259.9
2022 Q2 6,140 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,689 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,153 2 0 928.9
2021 Q3 1,793 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,224 4 1 1798.6
2021 Q1 2,345 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,933 3 0 1552.0
2020 Q3 1,052 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 171 3 0 17543.9
2019 Q4 3,423 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,065 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,144 4 0 1865.7
2019 Q1 1,426 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,613 2 0 1239.9
2018 Q3 2,168 1 0 461.3
2018 Q2 2,959 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,451 2 2 816.0
2017 Q4 2,627 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,334 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,116 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,993 1 0 334.1
2016 Q4 2,854 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,179 2 1 917.9
2015 Q4 2,204 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,113 6 0 2839.6
2015 Q2 2,437 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,937 11 4 5678.9
2014 Q4 2,503 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,757 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,785 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,089 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,524 2 0 792.4
2013 Q3 0 1 0
2013 Q2 1,511 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,881 2 0 1063.3
2012 Q4 3,722 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,986 3 0 752.6
2012 Q2 4,172 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,053 4 0 986.9
2011 Q4 2,744 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,061 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,085 1 1 324.1
2011 Q1 3,857 1 0 259.3
2010 Q4 4,009 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,077 3 1 590.9
2010 Q2 3,762 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,587 8 0 2230.3
2009 Q4 3,625 8 6 2206.9
2009 Q3 4,105 1 1 243.6
2009 Q2 5,481 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,077 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 981 4 2 4077.5
2008 Q3 5,351 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,044 16 7 7827.8
2008 Q1 6,990 4 2 572.2
2007 Q4 6,361 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,608 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,242 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,081 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,374 3 2 889.2
2006 Q3 3,339 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,998 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,947 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,972 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,855 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,714 1 0 368.5
2005 Q1 2,496 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,852 2 0 701.3
2004 Q3 2,791 1 0 358.3
2004 Q2 6,509 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,013 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,554 4 2 1566.2
2003 Q3 2,398 4 1 1668.1
2003 Q2 1,623 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,480 2 0 1351.4
2002 Q4 2,202 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,261 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,344 7 2 2093.3
2002 Q1 1,104 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,063 5 1 1230.6
2001 Q3 3,699 3 2 811.0
2001 Q2 4,862 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 7,276 3 2 412.3
2000 Q4 3,213 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,334 1 1 749.6
2000 Q2 10,295 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,165 3 3 580.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2025 · 1 incident

August 27, 2025 PR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Puerto Rico Asphalt, LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

El minero observaba el ajuste del conveyor. El conveyor estaba prendida y al acercarse al Wing polley se le enrredó la camisa ocasionando laseraciones en el brazo izq.,abdomen derecho y espalda baja. Witness pidió ayuda a supervisor y este lo llevo inmediatamente al hospital. Al minero le realizaron puntos de sutura y fue de alta el mismo dia.

2009 · 1 incident

September 15, 2009 PR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Betteroads Asphalt Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The accident occurred on the conveyor belt that goes to the fine mill. The employee was cleaning the accumulated material on the magnet while the plant was out of service. Then the operator without noticing that the employee was still cleaning, turns the plant back on, this caused the employee to be trapped between the conveyor belt and the magneto.

1997 · 2 incidents

August 11, 1997 PR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Betteroads Asphalt Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MADE A FALSE STEP AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.'

March 17, 1997 PR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Betteroads Asphalt Corp · Struck against a moving object

THE OPERATOR SAYS TAHT THE LOADER MOVEMENT IS CAUSING PAINS IN HIS BACK.

1996 · 1 incident

October 26, 1996 PR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Betteroads Asphalt Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE PERSON WA HITTED BY A CHAIN WHILE HE WAS TYING ANOTHER CHAIN TO UPPER SECTION AT THE STP-ROLLER MILL. THE LOOSE CHAIN SHOULD BE TIGHT TO AVOID SWINGING.