Mining Incidents

Lacon Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Falkville, Morgan County, AL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0100853

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2001–2008
Latest incident
Nov 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
34
citations
7
significant & substantial
$4,510
proposed penalties
$4,498
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
2025 Q4 5,990 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,119 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,895 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 8,171 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,404 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,302 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,512 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,867 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2008 · 1 incident

November 25, 2008 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall from machine

Employees were removing empty oil drums from service truck. Injured employee was stepping down from bed onto bumper step. As he was stepping down form the bumper, his foot slipped and he fell to the ground landing on his hand.

2006 · 1 incident

October 13, 2006 AL · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee and co-worker were attempting to load a full acetylene bottle onto the racks of the boom truck. Injured employee was lifting the bottom of the bottle when he heard his back pop.

2003 · 1 incident

April 28, 2003 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING ROCK BUILD UP FROM UNDER FEED TUBE. THE TUBE WAS RAISED UP TO CLEAN ROCK FROM TOP OF ADJUSTMENT RING COVER. THE TUBE WAS HOOKED TO BOOM TRUCK WITH 2 WAY SPREADER CHAINS. WHEN ANOTHER EE CLEARED A ROCK THE TUBE ROCKED FORWARD AND STRUCK EE'S LEG, PINNING HIS LEG BETWEEN FEED TUBE AND ADJUSTMENT RING COVER.

2001 · 2 incidents

December 18, 2001 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by flying object

EE HAD WORKED IN THE WELDING SHOP GRINDING ON A PIECE OF STEEL. HE HAD ALSO WELDED FLANGES ON 8"PIPE. EE LEFT WORK AT 4:30PM. AROUND 9:00PM LT. EYE STARTED TO HURT BAD ENOUGH THAT EE FELT HE NEEDED TO GO TO E.R. DR. REMOVED A PIECE OF METAL FROM LT. EYE.

August 1, 2001 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

WHILE TOSSING A WRENCH TO ANOTHER VULCAN EE ABOVE HIS HEAD, INJURED EE STATED THAT HE PULLED OR STRAINED HIS KNEE. EE WAS INSTALLING USED SECTION OF CONVEYOR.