Mining Incidents

GRIFFIN QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Griffin, Spalding County, GA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0900488

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
2000–2026
Latest incident
Feb 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
53
citations
11
significant & substantial
$20,330
proposed penalties
$20,212
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 18,314 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 18,776 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,811 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 8,829 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 10,068 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,023 1 0 330.8
2024 Q2 13,918 1 0 71.8
2024 Q1 3,412 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

16 on file

2026 · 1 incident

February 18, 2026 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 was operating a loader when they alleged they hit a pothole that jarred their back.

2025 · 1 incident

December 29, 2025 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While welding the employee noticed irritation to one eye and realized EE had something in EE's eye.

2024 · 3 incidents

August 12, 2024 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was helping install a cone crusher ram cylinder when it slipped and caused a contusion to their left hand.

April 23, 2024 GA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was accessing a secondary crusher platform to inspect a crusher when a rock fell from an overhead conveyor striking the employee in the back of the head.

April 10, 2024 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee claimed that employee kneeled on a rock while employee was washing out and injured the knee.

2023 · 1 incident

2017 · 2 incidents

May 18, 2017 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

The miner was loading cribbing material, 30-40lbs per, into the bed of service truck when the rope handle attached to the cribbing wrapped around the tip of right middle finger. The miners right middle finger from first joint to tip was broken and degloved.

January 4, 2017 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by flying object

The employee was attempting to remove a pin from the loader bucket, when striking the pin, a piece of metal came off striking them in the neck causing a laceration.

2014 · 2 incidents

September 2, 2014 GA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working on the 990 loader door safety latch. When he reached toward the door to remove a nut which was directly in front of him he felt a pop in his right shoulder.

2010 · 1 incident

September 1, 2010 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE was cutting a piece of metal when slag burned through his pants and fell inside of his boot burning the top of his foot.

2008 · 1 incident

July 16, 2008 GA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was installing a table bushing. Bushing became stuck on the second piece of drill steel. As the employee was aligning the piece of drill steel to lower, the bushing fell approximately six inches pinning his left pinky and ring finger between the table and bushing, resulting in fourteen stitches.

2005 · 2 incidents

December 6, 2005 GA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was changing out belts on a conveyor drive motor, when the metal railing he had the come-along attached to broke, causing his finger to be pinched between the belt and pulley. The injury required stitiches.

September 6, 2005 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Walking & stepped on a rock and fell back, leg bent back, hurt knee.

2000 · 2 incidents

December 18, 2000 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS ABOUT TO HOOK A CRANE TO THE TOGGLE PLATE FROM THE JAW CRUSHER. THE TOGGLE PLATE ROLLED IN ITS SEAT AND FELL ON BOTH OF HIS FEET PINNING HIM UNDER IT. THE PLATE WAS NOT BLOCKED UP. THE PLATE WAS LIFTED OFF OF HIM AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE E.R. VIA AMBULANCE.

January 31, 2000 GA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Florida Rock Industries Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS BEGINNING TO HOIST AN I-BEAM USING A CHAIN HOIST WHEN THE LOAD SHIFTED AND THE I-BEAM ROLLED COMPLETELY OVER FALLING ON THE TOP OF HIS FOOT.