Mining Incidents

Forest Park Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Forest Park, Clayton County, GA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0900012

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2001–2026
Latest incident
Jan 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
56
citations
9
significant & substantial
$7,324
proposed penalties
$7,253
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 24,728 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,112 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,328 1 1 158.0
2024 Q4 5,343 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 8,773 5 1 569.9
2024 Q2 17,836 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8,446 2 0 236.8
2023 Q4 17,191 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

13 on file

2026 · 1 incident

2025 · 5 incidents

October 27, 2025 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was changing springs on the 8x20 screen. Employee was trying to remove the spring when the chain broke allowing the spring to pinch a finger.

June 2, 2025 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee alleged that they injured their shoulder while running the loader on 6/2/2025 but did not report this injury until 7/2/2025 and became reportable due to restrictions on 7/3/25.

May 6, 2025 GA · Metal/Non-Metal water truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was descending into the pit when they lost control of the water truck they were operating. Employee attempted to turn up an old ramp and overturned the truck. As a result, the employee sustained two fractured vertebrae.

2024 · 3 incidents

May 10, 2024 GA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was cleaning the pin/locking mechanism on a skid steer bucket, when the pin retracted, the bucket came off and struck the employee's foot.

February 29, 2024 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee struck their finger with a hammer causing a minor laceration. The doctor gave the employee a splint.

2013 · 1 incident

May 30, 2013 GA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a impact wrench with is right hand to break a bolt on a cylinder rod end, he was holding the socket with his left hand for balance and as the bolt backed out it cut his finger.

2006 · 1 incident

August 9, 2006 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was removing the old worn teeth on a 988H loader bucket, when he struck the tooth with a hammer and a piece of metal broke free and lodged in the employee's upper right thigh. Eight stitches were required to remove the metal fragment.

2004 · 1 incident

August 11, 2004 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Struck by flying object

Worker was standing under scalper conveyer platform, removed his hard hat to wipe sweat from his forehead and worker on platform kicked a rock off the platform while walking, the rock struck worker's head causing laceration requiring stitches.

2001 · 1 incident

January 3, 2001 GA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS OPENING THE TAILGATE FROM THE DUMP TRUCK. THE TRUCK ROLLED BACK AND EE WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE TRUCK AND A PILE OF DIRT.