Mining Incidents

Martin Marietta Materials Inc controller

MSHA controller ID: M00174

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Fatalities
19
Total incidents
2778
Mines on record
322
Years on record
2000–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
19,583
citations
3,577
significant & substantial
$6,732,719
proposed penalties
$5,585,577
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2026
14
2025
71 (1f)
2024
79 (3f)
2023
78 (1f)
2022
68
2021
74 (2f)
2020
76 (1f)
2019
89
2018
87
2017
74
2016
99 (1f)
2015
79
2014
59 (1f)
2013
53

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

19 recorded
March 5, 2025 NC · Metal/Non-Metal welder (non-shop) Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was found entangled in conveyor 12 tail pulley. Responding authorities pronounced the employee deceased. Incident is still under investigation.

September 20, 2024 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blue Water Industries · Fall from machine

Employee found face down on ground next to loader EE was operating. Responding authorities pronounced employee deceased. Incident is still under investigation.

April 15, 2024 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was fatally injured while working on a conveyor system.

April 13, 2024 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · OTHER

Based on investigation to date, employee suffered a personal medical event (cardiac arrest). "Per Prelim: After washing a concrete pad, a miner drowned in a two-foot-deep pool of water."

January 30, 2023 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Kansas City, LLC · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

An employee was fatally injured when they fell from an opening in an elevated catwalk.

December 13, 2021 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Materials Southwest, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Customer truck driver pulled into tarping area behind another truck and failed to set parking brake before exiting the truck. The driver did not use wheel chocks as required. The customer truck driver was fatally injured when customer's truck moved forward and pinned customer truck driver against the other drivers truck.

August 3, 2021 TX · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
TXI Operations LP · Struck by powered moving object

An employee was fatally injured when EE was struck by a third-party truck driver who failed to stop at a posted, lighted, STOP sign and made a sudden turn off the primary travel way. Local law enforcement arrested the third-party truck driver and charged the driver in connection with the accident.

August 21, 2020 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · MACHINERY
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. · Struck by falling object

Customer driver was found unresponsive outside the customer's truck. Cause of death is unknown.

March 22, 2016 IA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman Fatality · EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. · Struck by flying object

On March 22, 2016 at approximately 6:35pm an employee was struck by flyrock after a shot was detonated. The employee was sitting inside of a pickup approximately 1,200 feet away from the shot when detonated. This incident resulted in a fatality.

February 27, 2014 IA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Fall from machine

Emp a contract worker repairing a Scaler in Mod 12. The emp had fallen to the ground in fetal position, locked arms, clenched fist and bleeding from the ears. The witness did not know if the emp fell from a height or ground level. The injured emp was airlifted. He was lacking oxygen to brain for 10 minutes. He was pronounced dead at 9:45AM on Feb 28.