Mining Incidents

ROCKMART QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Rockmart, Polk County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0901045

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2000–2012
Latest incident
Aug 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
31
citations
9
significant & substantial
$3,732
proposed penalties
$3,587
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
2014 Q2 1,160 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,348 1 0 741.8
2013 Q4 2,291 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,566 1 0 389.7
2013 Q1 1,844 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,487 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,629 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,476 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

8 on file

2012 · 1 incident

August 16, 2012 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)

Employee was struck by cable attached to pole being moved by dozer.

2011 · 1 incident

October 19, 2011 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's hand was caught between crusher frame and tension rod on jaw crusher as he was loosening the bolt.

2006 · 1 incident

December 8, 2006 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator FIRE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee backed up to propane heater and clothes caught fire burning the back of cover-alls, fleece jacket, denim shirt, and T-shirt and burned back of employee.

2003 · 1 incident

February 5, 2003 GA · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND
Vulcan Materials Company · No Value Found

EE STATES STANDING BY TRUCK LOWERING HOSE IN HOLE AND A VEHICLE PASSED BY KICKING UP A ROCK. THE ROCK HIT HER RT. ELBOW.

2002 · 2 incidents

April 3, 2002 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS EXITING SCREEN WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. BECAME LOST ITME ON 4-24-02.

2000 · 2 incidents

November 2, 2000 GA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TRYING TO OPEN INSPECTION DOORS TO INSPECT WEAR PLATES ON SPOKANE CRUSHER, EE WAS USING A 3' PRYBAR IN HANDLES. PRYBAR SLIPPED AND HIT EE IN LEFT SIDE OF CHIN.

July 8, 2000 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER 5A CONVEYOR STALLED, EMPLOYEE'S LEFT INDEXFINGER WAS PINCHED WHILE CHECKING IF THE DRIVE MOTOR HAD LOCKED DOWN.