Mining Incidents

DALTON QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Dalton, Whitfield County, GA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0900008

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2002–2019
Latest incident
Oct 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
67
citations
5
significant & substantial
$8,615
proposed penalties
$8,588
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 12,520 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,131 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,103 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,012 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 9,158 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,926 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 7,954 2 0 251.4
2023 Q2 6,737 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

3 on file

2019 · 1 incident

2016 · 1 incident

May 23, 2016 GA · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The ee used the 1" water hose to clean spilled material. While a 1 ½" water hose secured to the ground was being used to flush material. As the ee used the smaller hose to wash, pressure on the larger hose increased causing it to become unsecured, creating a whipping action. The end of the hose fitting struck the ee directly above the boot fracturing tibia.

2002 · 1 incident

September 3, 2002 GA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STANDING ON DRILL HEAD ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTEN WATER SWIVEL WHICH CAME LOOSE. HE COULD NOT REACH IT, SO HE ASKED THE DRILLER TO RAISE THE HEAD HE WAS STANDING ON. EE'S FOOT WAS CAUGHT BE TWEEN HEAD AND CROSSBAR.