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Richmond Road Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Lexington, Fayette County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1500107

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2000–2011
Latest incident
Jun 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
182
citations
54
significant & substantial
$39,899
proposed penalties
$38,962
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 6,518 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,497 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,103 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,766 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,257 1 0 443.1
2023 Q4 5,088 2 1 393.1
2023 Q2 3,493 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 978 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

2011 · 1 incident

2009 · 1 incident

August 11, 2009 KY · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec OTHER
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

No accident occurred. Customer truck driver was complaining about chest pains and cold chills. Ambulance was called and transferred driver to emergency room, and there they determined that driver was not having a heart attack.

2007 · 1 incident

October 2, 2007 KY · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

The facility was hosting an open house for the local neighborhood, when the injured was attempting to go to the porto potty, when she slipped and fell.

2006 · 2 incidents

August 28, 2006 KY · Metal/Non-Metal HOISTING
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

While conducting the fourteen day inspection of the emergency hoist, the wire rope cable broke allowing the basket to fall

June 23, 2006 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was attempting to move an oxygen cylinder by lifting at the cap. The cap came off, striking EE in his mouth and his front teeth.

2004 · 1 incident

December 18, 2004 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was operating a front end loader and as he descended the ladder, he encountered a sharp pain in his right knee as he stepped to the ground. Medical attention on 12/27/04.

2002 · 1 incident

2000 · 3 incidents

November 14, 2000 KY · 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

THE EE WAS WALKING AROUND THE CONE CRUSHER AND STEPPED ON A PICK & HE SLIPPED & FELL. AS HE FELL FORWARD HE HIT HIS NOSE ON THE HAND RAIL

October 27, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS MOVING DIRT & EE WAS UNAWARE CONCRETE WASUNDER DIRT AS HE LIFTED DIRT THE BOBCAT HE WAS OPERATING WENT FORWARD & JARRED HIM. HE SUFFERED STRAIN TO HIS ABDOMEN & CONTUSION TO SCROTUM M.