Mining Incidents

VILLA RICA QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Villa Rica, Carroll County, GA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0900736

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2000–2025
Latest incident
Jul 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
55
citations
4
significant & substantial
$16,230
proposed penalties
$8,936
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 16,748 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 11,634 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 10,564 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 8,699 1 0 115.0
2024 Q4 6,330 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,028 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 11,315 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 9,714 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

10 on file

2025 · 1 incident

July 16, 2025 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was cutting metal when EE tried moving a piece EE felt pain in EE's arm.

2024 · 1 incident

June 25, 2024 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was working in a chute when they lost footing and fell approximately 2-3 feet. They landed on top of the screen deck hurting their foot.

2019 · 1 incident

July 8, 2019 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

Injured employee was removing the center pin on a Komatsu WA700. The pin came loose and fell injuring the employee's finger resulting in a fracture and laceration.

2016 · 1 incident

December 13, 2016 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by falling object

While another employee was removing rock from a scalping screen, a piece of rock fell approximately 40 feet and struck the injured employee on the right forearm, causing a fracture to the forearm bone just above the wrist.

2011 · 1 incident

2006 · 1 incident

September 6, 2006 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

EE was cutting pins out of backstop to release belt after belt got hung up in head pulley. After the 3rd pin, the 4th pin broke, releasing backstop mount. Sudden movement caused EE to jump back and fall, striking his arm on step of head pulley, #2 conveyor.

2002 · 3 incidents

April 18, 2002 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS WASHING OFF SCREEN TOWER DECK WHEN HE ASKED ANOTHER EE TO SHUT OFF WATER. OTHER EE MISTAKENLY CUT WATER ON, WATER PRESSURE CAUSE INJURED EE TO FALL AGAINST SCREEN CAUSING BRUISED RIBS.

April 16, 2002 GA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING GUARD ON THE CONTROL HOUSE WINDOW WHEN THE HYDRAULIC HAMMER THAT WAS HOLDING THE GUARD IN PLACE SLIPPED AND PINCHED EMPLOYEE'S LEFT THUMB.

February 8, 2002 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE A SLOPE SCREEN, WHILE CHANGING SCREEN CLOTH PULLING SCREEN CLOTH INTO POSITION HE FELT HIS SHOULDER POP.

2000 · 1 incident