Mining Incidents

Cantera Carolina Pta #3 Metal/Non-Metal

Toa Baja, Fajardo County, PR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5400374

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
20
Years on record
2000–2010
Latest incident
Nov 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
103
citations
47
significant & substantial
$81,006
proposed penalties
$39,263
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 1,989 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,030 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,465 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,808 12 5 2066.1
2010 Q2 6,758 1 0 148.0
2010 Q1 3,522 1 0 283.9
2009 Q4 1,352 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
February 19, 2009 - · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter Fatality · MACHINERY
Master Aggregates Toa Baja Corp · Struck by falling object

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.

Reportable incidents

19 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2010 · 2 incidents

November 19, 2010 - · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Master Aggregates Toa Baja Corp · Struck against stationary object

Employee was adjusting excavator screws with an industrial cricket when he hit his face on the left side. He feels intense pain on the left side of his face.

April 10, 2010 - · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Master Aggregates Toa Baja Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was "enangotado" adjusting motor screws with an industrial cricket at the primary crusher plant, when he stood up, he felt pain in the lower back and his left leg.

2008 · 1 incident

July 3, 2008 - · Metal/Non-Metal pumper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Master Aggregates Toa Baja Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

The employee was going up the stairs to the plant control room when he slipped and injured his right knee. He feels lots of pain and his knee is swollen.

2007 · 1 incident

April 5, 2007 - · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Master Aggregates Toa Baja Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

The employee was leaving the clarifier area when he slipped and fell due to the polimers residue on the floor. He injured his right shoulder, right wrist, his back and right leg.

2006 · 4 incidents

November 30, 2006 - · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Master Aggregates Toa Baja Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

The employee was cleaning the plant floor. When he bent down to pick up a sack of material, he slipped falling sideways injuring his right shoulder, his neck and back.

October 21, 2006 - · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Master Aggregates Toa Baja Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The EE was adjusting some screws on the disks brakes of an article truck (#350). The screw driver broke, cutting his right hand thumb. They gave him 5 stitches.

May 19, 2006 - · Metal/Non-Metal pumper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Empresas Master · Fall from machine

The employee was removing a ladder from the press machine to put near the boom truck. When he tried to do it, the ladder slipped and he jumped out off the truck. He was impacted to his left lateral side and they took 108 stitches.

March 10, 2006 - · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Empresas Master · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

The employee was helping another employee installing a belt on the Press. As they started to work on it, the equipment operator activated the conveyor by mistake causing another employee to fall in the conveyor. The employee tried to help his co-worker and he was injured with the conveyor causing him a fracture on his pelvis, back pain and injuries on his legs.

2004 · 2 incidents

September 2, 2004 - · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Empresas Master · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EE WAS LIFTING SOME HEAVY BASES IN ORDER TO PLACE THEM IN THE "SCARPER" (A MACHINE THAT SEPARATES THE SMALL STONES FROM THE LARGE ONES) AND HE FELT A SEVERE PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE CAN HARDLY WALK DUE TO THE PAIN.

August 24, 2004 - · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Empresas Master · Struck by flying object

The ee was walking toward his work area, and passing near the secondary crusher, he felt the impact of an artifact on the back of his head. This produced a wound in his left/ back side of his head in spite of wearing a hard hat.

2002 · 1 incident

February 27, 2002 - · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Empresas Master · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHEN THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING FROM ONE PLANT TO ANOTHER, THE COMPANY CAR GOT VERY HOT. HE GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO INSPECT THE PROBLEM. WHEN HE REMOVED THE LID OF THE RADIATOR THE PRESSURE OF T HE VAPOR CAUSED A SQUIRT OF HOT WATER THAT REACHED HIS RIGHT SIDE OF THE FACE, EYE AND HEAD, CAUSING BURNS IN THESE AREAS.

2001 · 3 incidents

July 19, 2001 - · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Empresas Master · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING UP THE GREASING GUN WHEN HE CUT HIS MIDDLE (RIGHT) FINGER.

July 3, 2001 - · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Empresas Master · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE INDICATES THAT WHILE HE WAS CUTTING A RUBBER BAND FROM A CONVEYOR, THE RAZOR HE WAS USING TO CUT SAID RUBBER BAND SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO CUT HIS LEFT THUMB.

June 14, 2001 - · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Empresas Master · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE ALLEDGES THAT HE HAS FELT MUCK PAIN IN HIS BACK, AND THE PAIN HAS BEEN INCREASING AND THEREFORE HE IS NOT ABLE TO MAKE RISK MOVEMENTS, WEAKENING HIS STRENGHTS.

2000 · 5 incidents

October 31, 2000 - · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Empresas Master · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE ALLEDGES THAT HE WAS ADJUSTING THE BELTS OF THE STONE MILL, WHICH ARE VERY HEAVY, AND WHEN HE STOOD UP HE FELT A STRONG PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

October 20, 2000 - · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner ELECTRICAL
Empresas Master · Contact with electrical current

THE EE ALLEGES THAT HE WAS REPAIRING ELECTRICAL CABLES OF THE CONVEYOR, HAVING TURNED OFF THE BREAKERS, IN ORDER TO FIX THEM AND WRAP THE CABLES WITH TAPE, WHEN HE TURNED ON THE BREAKERS, HE R ECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL IMPACT, AND WAS THROWN TO THE GROUND AND GOT THREE BURNS ON HIS LEFT HAND (THUMB, INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS.)

August 15, 2000 - · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Empresas Master · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING A CRUSHER WITH A WRENCH, THE WRENCH FELL, THEN THE LID OF THE CRUSHER OPENED AND THE EMPLOYEE FELL ON TOP OF A MOTOR AND THE DOOR OF THE CRUSHER FELL ON HIS LEG, HURTI NG HIS RIGHT KNEE.

June 27, 2000 - · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Empresas Master · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTING THE AREA TO TRACE THE PATH FOR A NEW ROAD, AND HE WAS CLIMBING THE MOGOTE (HILL) #2 OF CAROLINA LANDFILL, HE SLIPPED OVER A LOOSE ROCK AND IMPACTED HIS RIGHT KNEE W ITH THE EDGE OF A ROCK THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR.

February 23, 2000 - · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Empresas Master · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT FOR A LONG TIME HE IS SUFFERING FROM STRONG HEADACHES AND HE FEELS CONGESTION IN THE FRONTAL PART OF HIS FACE. SOMETIMES HE GETS DIZZY. HE ALLEGES THAT IT IS DUE TO THE DUST AT QUARRY.