# BARRETO BEST BLOCK

- **MSHA mine ID:** 5400492
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Construction Sand and Gravel
- **Location:** Arecibo, PR
- **Operator:** EPAS RECYCLING BLOCK LLC
- **Controller:** Pablo  Barreto; Edgardo  Barreto; Saul  Barreto
- **Public source rows linked:** 303
- **Source coverage:** 9 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Pablo  Barreto; Edgardo  Barreto; Saul  Barreto (0123001) → EPAS RECYCLING BLOCK LLC (0143413) → BARRETO BEST BLOCK (5400492)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Wilfredo  Garcia → Caribbean Recycling Glass Inc:** 2012-12-15 through 2016-01-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 5400492; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Edgardo  Barreto et al → EPAS RECYCLING BLOCK LLC:** 2016-01-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 5400492; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Saul  Barreto et al → EPAS RECYCLING BLOCK LLC:** 2016-01-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 5400492; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pablo  Barreto et al → EPAS RECYCLING BLOCK LLC:** 2016-01-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 5400492; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 8
- Interval anomalies: 0
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 5 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 57 violation rows across the full record; 17 carry an S&S flag and $13,497 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 9 samples:** Occupational health samples 9 personal. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 952 employee hours and 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 21 since 2021:** Inspections 65 inspection events and 548 published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 56.11002 — Handrails and toeboards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11002
- **30 CFR 50.30-1 — General instructions for completing MSHA Form 7000-2.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30-1
- **30 CFR 46.8 — Annual refresher training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-46/section-46.8
- **30 CFR 56.14107 — Moving machine parts.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14107
- **30 CFR 56.18010 — First aid.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-Q/section-56.18010
- **30 CFR 56.12028 — Testing grounding systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12028
- **30 CFR 56.12030 — Correction of dangerous conditions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12030
- **30 CFR 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **30 CFR 56.4104 — Combustible waste.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4104
- **30 CFR 56.15006 — Protective equipment and clothing for hazards and irritants.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-N/section-56.15006

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-01-04 through 2016-01-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 51 rows; 2014-04-03 through 2024-10-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2012-12-15 through 2016-01-18; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 65 rows; 2014-04-02 through 2026-04-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 91 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 24 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Samples:** 9 rows; 2018-06-05 through 2024-10-10; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 57 rows; 2014-04-03 through 2024-10-08; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/barreto-best-block-5400492`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/barreto-best-block-5400492`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/5400492/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/5400492/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://5400492/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`