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Transporte Rodriguez Asfalto, Inc.: 97 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Hector Rodriguez
Homiguero, Mayaquez County, PR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 5400231

Transporte Rodriguez Asfalto, Inc. has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $310 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2021
Latest incident
Aug 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
97
citations
28
significant & substantial
$23,156
proposed penalties
$22,846
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $310 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Transporte Rodriguez Asfalto, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
101
inspections on record
982
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: 982 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Transporte Rodriguez Asfalto, Inc. has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $310 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$310
outstanding
92 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $348 in penalties contested before the Commission, $348 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-19.
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.
29.8%
significant & substantial
16.0%
high negligence or reckless
29.8%
reasonably likely or greater
85.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 19.1% low, 64.9% moderate, 16.0% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$348 proposed, $348 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 2017-05-31.
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 2017-0192 Settlement Gill 2018 $348 → $348
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: 2024-01-31
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
24
samples
18
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz9
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz6
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz5
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (24)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-01-31 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.2 10 0.22 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-01-31 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.49 10 0.05 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-04-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2022-04-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-09-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.55 0.88 0.63 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-09-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-02-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-02-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.79 1.34 0.59 Cleanup Man
2017-12-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.63 1.7 0.37 Cleanup Man
2017-12-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.98 10 0.10 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-07-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-07-27 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-07-27 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.35 10 0.04 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-04-26 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Cleanup Man
2016-04-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.62 1.26 0.49 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-09-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.38 0.13 Cleanup Man
2015-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-10-28 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 4.88 10 0.49 Cleanup Man
2014-10-28 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.08 10 0.11 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-04-09 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.17 10 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-04-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Bulldozer Operator
2011-07-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 0.83 0.55 Cleanup Man
2011-07-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-12-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.68 0.41 Cleanup Man
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.
Ownership history
  1. Asfalto Del Oeste Inc 1979 to 2008
  2. HR Asphalt Inc 2008 to 2018
  3. Transporte Rodriguez Asfalto, Inc. 2018 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 6
2025 6
2024 5
2023 5
2022 5
2021 6
2020 5
2019 5
2018 5
2017 5
2016 6
2015 6
2014 7
2013 6
2012 6
2011 6
2010 8
2009 8
2008 6
2007 6
2006 5
2003 0
2002 1
2001 3
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Transporte Rodriguez Asfalto, Inc. sits in Mayagüez 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.
Mayagüez Municipio, Puerto Rico · Population 71,824
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$17,963
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 3,167 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 3,035 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 3,220 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,218 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,368 1 0 296.9
2025 Q1 2,873 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,000 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,814 0 0 0.0
Show 86 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,665 2 0 750.5
2024 Q1 2,681 1 0 373.0
2023 Q4 2,760 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,909 2 0 687.5
2023 Q2 2,990 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,753 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,792 1 0 358.2
2022 Q3 2,644 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,022 2 0 661.8
2022 Q1 2,505 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,014 1 0 331.8
2021 Q3 3,036 1 1 329.4
2021 Q2 2,773 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,783 2 1 718.6
2020 Q4 3,299 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,324 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,720 2 0 1162.8
2020 Q1 2,842 2 0 703.7
2019 Q4 2,998 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,876 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,055 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,947 1 0 339.3
2018 Q4 2,648 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,756 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,371 1 0 421.8
2018 Q1 2,453 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,772 1 1 564.3
2017 Q3 2,189 1 0 456.8
2017 Q2 2,645 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,551 3 0 1176.0
2016 Q4 2,757 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,587 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,182 2 0 628.5
2016 Q1 2,545 2 0 785.9
2015 Q4 2,785 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,552 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,839 1 0 352.2
2015 Q1 2,591 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,986 3 0 1004.7
2014 Q3 2,970 2 0 673.4
2014 Q2 2,837 2 0 705.0
2014 Q1 2,425 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,034 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,013 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,451 2 1 816.0
2013 Q1 2,410 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,130 4 2 1278.0
2012 Q3 2,745 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,983 2 1 670.5
2012 Q1 3,278 3 2 915.2
2011 Q4 3,199 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,891 7 2 2421.3
2011 Q2 2,259 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,462 2 1 812.3
2010 Q4 2,804 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,656 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,383 4 1 1678.6
2010 Q1 2,458 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,436 3 0 1231.5
2009 Q3 3,564 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,299 2 1 606.2
2009 Q1 3,017 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,064 9 5 2937.3
2008 Q3 2,994 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,227 2 1 898.1
2008 Q1 2,237 10 2 4470.3
2007 Q4 2,543 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,469 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,260 4 4 3174.6
2007 Q1 1,320 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 654 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 371 1 0 2695.4
2006 Q2 277 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 492 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 571 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 678 1 0 1474.9
2001 Q2 775 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,063 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,273 1 0 439.9
2000 Q3 2,268 1 1 440.9
2000 Q2 1,893 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,572 3 1 1908.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2021 · 2 incidents

August 14, 2021 PR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Transporte Rodriguez Asfalto, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

While changing the screen panels, the employee got hurt with a tube and when EE lowered head EE's right eye got caught on a loose wire from the Screener.

May 24, 2021 PR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Transporte Rodriguez Asfalto, Inc. · Struck by falling object

El empleado estaba aguantando un pedazo de metal y se le resbalo de las manos, cayendole en el pie izquierdo. The employee was holding a piece of metal and it slipped off their hands, falling on their left foot.