Mining Incidents

ELLIJAY QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Ellijay, Gilmer County, GA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0900927

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2000–2022
Latest incident
Oct 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
28
citations
5
significant & substantial
$4,962
proposed penalties
$4,962
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 9,774 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,663 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,795 1 0 172.6
2024 Q4 9,260 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,862 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 6,142 2 0 325.6
2024 Q1 7,581 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 8,723 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

9 on file

2022 · 1 incident

October 20, 2022 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 was using a chisel and hammer to remove wear plates on a loader bucket. The chisel dislodged striking employee in the lip causing laceration to the lip.

2020 · 1 incident

December 31, 2020 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was operating a pressure washer when the hose sprung a leak causing a laceration to the employees thumb.

2015 · 1 incident

May 15, 2015 GA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was injured while cutting a hose with a utility knife. He went to the medical facility and received stitches on his left fore arm.

2003 · 1 incident

May 27, 2003 GA · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A 3/4 RATCHET WRENCH. THE DIRECTION INDICATOR WAS NOT ALL THE WAY IN THE TIGHTENING DIRECTION. THE WRENCH SKIPPED A TOOTH AND THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK. **DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL JULY. NO PRESCRIPTIONS OR PHYSICAL THERAPY WERE GIVEN UNTIL LATER AT WHICH TIME IT BACAME REPORTABLE.

2002 · 2 incidents

May 30, 2002 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against stationary object

A DRILL BIT ENTERED THE CRUSHING CAVITY OF A SYMONS CRUSHER AND LOCKED THE CRUSHER DOWN. WE USED10'BURNING BARS TO BURN THE BIT OUT. AFTER WE FINISHED BURNING THE EE BEGAN REMOVING THE SMALL PIECES OF THE DRILL BIT THAT WAS LEFT. HE HAD THICK WELDING GLOVES AND WAS THROWING HANDFULLS ATA TIME OUT AS HE WAS THROWING THE TOP OF HIS LT.HAND STRUCK THE CHUTE ABOVE CUTTING HIS LT. HAND

2001 · 2 incidents

May 30, 2001 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WENT TO PIT WELD ON HYD HAMMER ON EX 400 TRACKMACHING. HE WENT TO THE OPERATOR AND ASKED HIM TO MOVE MACHINE AWAY FROM WORK AREA. THE EMPLOYEE WALKED BACK TO THE WELDING TRUCK WHICH W AS 50FT AWAY. WHEN THE OPERATOR STARTED TO WALK THE MACHING A SLIVER OF METAL SHOT FROM THE TRACK AREA AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT FOREARM. EMPLOYEE HAD TO HAVE SURGERY AT HOSPITAL.

May 30, 2001 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WEARING CUTTING GLASSES WHICH LEFT OPEN AREAS FOR FOREIGN MATERIALS TO GET BEHIND THEM. THE EE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH CUTTING A SHANK OFF OF A BUCKET. THE SLAG POPPED AND A SMALL PIE CVE OF SLAG GOT BEHIND HIS CUTTING GLASSES AND GOT TO HIS EYE. WE TOOK THE EE TO THE ER AND THE DR. REMOVED IT AND SENT HIM BACK TO WORK.

2000 · 1 incident

January 13, 2000 GA · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DIGGING LEFT CENTER OF SHOT IN FLOOR. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A BOULDER ABOUT 4' UP INTO THE SHOT. WHEN IT MOVED, A SMALL ROCK CAME FROM BEHIND IT AND WENT THRU THE WINDSHIELD. AS THE ROCK CAME THRU HE PUT HIS HANDS UP AND DIRECTED IT TOWARDS THE FLOOR OF THE LOADER. THE ROCK STRUCK HIM ON HIS SHINS AND CUT HIS RIGHT SHIN. IT TOOK 9 STITCHES TO SEW IT UP.