Mining Incidents

WECO Metal/Non-Metal

Vega Alta, Vega Alta County, PR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 5400507

WECO has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2024–2025
Latest incident
Jan 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
19
citations
8
significant & substantial
$4,497
proposed penalties
$4,497
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2024
14
inspections on record
186
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: 186 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

WECO has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 19,961 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 16,225 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 16,691 6 0 359.5
2025 Q1 15,988 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 12,944 10 8 772.6
2024 Q3 14,844 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 14,771 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2025 · 1 incident

January 9, 2025 PR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
ENCO MANUFACTURING CORP. · Unclassified, insufficient data

The employee was performing mechanical task when employee sustained a head injury due to the use and unassessed height of the safety helmet.

2024 · 1 incident

November 7, 2024 PR · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec OTHER
ENCO MANUFACTURING CORP. · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was cleaning laboratory pipes when while getting up, EE felt lower back discomfort. The employee alleges that EE had been previously injured outside of work.

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