Employee was walking at the plant facilities, a cornerstone of the crane collapsed, hitting the employee directly to the body and falling down. Employee was wearing safety equipment as required (capacete). Received multiple injuries to the upper and lower body.
Master Aggregates Toa Baja Corp. operator
Controlled by
Ricardo Cardona; Victor S Maldonado
MSHA operator ID: L03225
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
224
citations
109
significant & substantial
$114,775
proposed penalties
$109,708
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,067 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
193
inspections on record
2,053
inspection hours
10.9
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.224 citations across 2,053 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.$115K
proposed penalties
$111K
current assessed
$110K
paid to date
$822
outstanding
214 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-07-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- MACHINERY 2 fatalities · 11 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 37 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 32 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 25 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 9 non-fatal
- OTHER 5 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2014
4
2013
3
2012
2
2011
2
2010
6
2009
6 (1f)
2008
10
2007
6
2006
10
2005
7
2004
2
2003
5
2002
7 (1f)
2001
6
2000
1
1999
5
1998
4
1997
1
1996
5
1995
4
1994
12
1993
7
1992
1
1991
5
1990
8
1989
1
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
2 recorded
Master Aggregates Toa Baja Corp · Struck by falling object
November 13, 2002
PR · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
Fatality · MACHINERY
Master Aggregates Toa Baja Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING MATERIAL WITH HIS BULLDOZER WHEN A LANDSLIDE FROM A SLOPED MINE WALL FELL WITH ROCKS CRUSHED THE CABIN. THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRAPPED AND WOUNDED WITH ONE OF THE SUPPORTS O F THE CABIN, CAUSING IMMEDIATE DEATH.
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