For unexplained reasons, the miner gained access to a secondary road, adjacent from where he was instructed to do road maintenance. Miner removed berm and came too close to road edge, loosing control of equipment and falling through a steep slope, rolling over with the machine. This resulted in miners death. Miner was not wearing seat belt.
Canarico Quarries Inc operator
Controlled by
Melba Figueroa; Edgar Figueroa
MSHA operator ID: L14721
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
130
citations
43
significant & substantial
$197,433
proposed penalties
$147,414
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $50,019 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
117
inspections on record
1,928
inspection hours
6.7
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.130 citations across 1,928 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
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.$197K
proposed penalties
$148K
current assessed
$147K
paid to date
$366
outstanding
126 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 4 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 3 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 12 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 8 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
- STRIKING OR BUMPING 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2024
1
2021
1
2014
2
2013
1
2008
1
2007
3 (1f)
2006
1
2005
3
2004
1
2003
2
2002
5
2001
3
2000
4 (1f)
1999
1
1998
3
1997
1
1996
1
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
2 recorded
Canarico Quarries Inc · Struck against a moving object
September 13, 2000
PR · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Canarico Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
A FATA ACCIDENT ACCOURED IN THE BC-03 PRIMARY CRUSHER AREA. THE GEHL MODEL 3825 SKID STEER LOADER OPEARTOR WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE BUCKET ARM AND FRONT FRAME CRUSHIG HIS HEAD.
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