Mining Incidents

Macon County Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Decatur, Macon County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1103028

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2023
Latest incident
Feb 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
61
citations
2
significant & substantial
$6,698
proposed penalties
$6,698
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
2023 Q4 1,944 1 0 514.4
2023 Q3 2,502 1 0 399.7
2023 Q2 749 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,083 2 0 960.2
2022 Q4 2,438 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,532 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,200 2 0 625.0
2022 Q1 1,162 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

5 on file

2023 · 1 incident

February 3, 2023 IL · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales OTHER
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was standing in the doorway of the equipment room talking to a co-worker and EE turned to walk away and when EE took a step, EE heard a pop and felt a burning pain in EE's right foot.

2005 · 1 incident

October 18, 2005 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was adjusting packing on booster pump when the wrench slipped and pinched his finger between the wrench and pump base.

2002 · 2 incidents

May 13, 2002 IL · Metal/Non-Metal INUNDATION
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

MANAGEMENT ARRIVED AT THE MINE SITE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE SANGAMON RIVER HAD OVERFLOWED INTO THE LAKE, RAISING THE LEVEL SUFFICIENTLY TO STOPPRODUCTION WITH THE DREDGE.

2000 · 1 incident

June 21, 2000 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE ALONG WITH ANOTHER EE, WAS MOVING A CUTTING LIP INTO POSITION TO ATTACH TO AN ENDLOADER BUCKET. THEY EACH HAD AHOLD OF ONE END OF THE LIP. THE OTHER EE LET GO OF HIS END WITHOUT GIVING ANY WARNING AND INJURED EE'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE LIP AND THE SHOP FLOOR.