Mining Incidents

Wantage Stone Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Wantage, Sussex County, NJ  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2801035

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2017–2025
Latest incident
Jun 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
77
citations
22
significant & substantial
$20,096
proposed penalties
$14,614
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 9,559 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,474 6 3 4070.6
2024 Q4 6,476 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,411 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,825 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 7,150 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 7,262 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 7,379 1 0 135.5
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

2025 · 1 incident

June 10, 2025 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was climbing down from the cab of EE's loader and as EE got to the last step EE's right hand slipped off the handrail and EE fell to the ground causing injury to EE's right shoulder.

2024 · 1 incident

September 18, 2024 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against a moving object

As the employee was using a skid steer to move grits in the plant the machine hit a rut and bounced and the employee claims it jarred EE injuring EE's back.

2021 · 1 incident

July 22, 2021 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Eastern Concrete Materials · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DRIVING FRONT END LOADER. EE HAD TO GET OUT AND CLIMBED DOWN THE LADDER. EE MISSED THE BOTTOM STEP AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.

2017 · 2 incidents

November 15, 2017 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Eastern Concrete Materials · Fall from machine

EE was climbing up the ladder on the haul truck. EE's right foot was on the bottom rung which swung under the bumper. EE's right shin and knee hit the face of the bumper, pushing EE's foot off the step. EE's foot hit the ground, all of EE's body weight landed on EE's right foot. EE was taken to the doctor and being treated for a spraining EE's right ankle

July 13, 2017 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Eastern Concrete Materials · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

On Thursday morning EE was on way to grease shed to pickup supplies to service haul truck. We had heavy rain the night before and into that morning. From all the rain there must've been some wash out around the shed. EE walked into puddle and twisted left ankle.