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Terrassa Sand & Gravel Incorporated: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jose Terrasa
Humacao County, PR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5400274

MSHA record for Terrassa Sand & Gravel Incorporated (mine ID 5400274). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1987–1990
Latest incident
Oct 1990
Ownership history
  1. Antonio Aguayo & Associate 1983 to 1985
  2. Candelero Sand & Gravel Inc 1985 to 1986
  3. Terrassa Sand & Gravel Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Terrassa Sand & Gravel Incorporated sits in Humacao Municipio, Puerto Rico, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Humacao Municipio, Puerto Rico · Population 50,441
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$26,083
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1990 · 3 incidents

October 12, 1990 PR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Terrassa Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE, LOADER OPERATOR, CLAIMS HE WAS HELPING TO LIFT THE MOTOR HOOD OF A MACHINE (FRONT-END LOADER?) WHEN HE HURT HIS BACK. (LOWER BACK NEAR THE ROOT) COCCIX).

August 3, 1990 PR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Terrassa Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRANS:COMPANY DIDNT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT A LESION OR ACCIDENT HAPPENING TO THIS EMPL SINCE HE DIDNT REPORT INJURY TO SUPV.

July 12, 1990 PR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Terrassa Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall onto or against objects

HE ALLEGES THAT WHILE GETTING ON LOADER HE SLIPPED & LANDED ON WHEEL OF MACHINE IN MILL AREA.

1988 · 1 incident

August 4, 1988 PR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Terrassa Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS WASHING OFF THE FRONT END LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT LEG.

1987 · 1 incident

October 19, 1987 PR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Terrassa Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE REMOVING TRASH WITH LOADER, THE LOADER OVERHEATED, VICTIM WENT TO CHECK IT, AND LACERATED HIS RIGHT HAND WHEN HE PUT IT ON THE MUFFLER.