Mining Incidents

Shelton Metal/Non-Metal

Pelham, Caswell County, NC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3100085

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2002–2026
Latest incident
Feb 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
75
citations
10
significant & substantial
$13,467
proposed penalties
$13,310
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 10,686 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 11,995 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,419 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,328 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 653 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 8,767 1 0 114.1
2024 Q2 10,604 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,942 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

11 on file

2026 · 1 incident

February 3, 2026 NC · Metal/Non-Metal welder (non-shop) STRIKING OR BUMPING
Southside Materials, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was in shop getting metal for plant, they walked around back of truck hitting right shin on hitch could not maintain balance and fell to ground causing a fracture to left femur.

2020 · 2 incidents

August 24, 2020 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Southside Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was on platform waiting for skid steer to pull pipe away from building structure when opposite end of pipe flipped up and caught employees finger between pipe and handrail causing a laceration to right middle finger

July 9, 2020 NC · Metal/Non-Metal dry screening plant operator, screen house operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southside Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Injured employee was helping another employee that was using pry bar on toggle plate when Injured employee hand was pinched between thumb & back of hand. On 8/10/2020 Injured employee reported that hand was hurting needed to go clinic get checked out. On 8/24/2020 Dr put splint on.

2016 · 1 incident

February 26, 2016 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southside Materials, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was installing battery in Haul Truck when EE reached down to pick battery up EE stated they strained back. Did not go to Doctor & no lost work days. Decided to go to Doctor in April no loss days. Went back May 6 Doctor put EE on a modified duty but with restrictions, we had no job so EE is now out of work til next Dr. Appt on May 16.

2015 · 1 incident

September 8, 2015 NC · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southside Materials, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee is our QC/QA Testing Technician. He picked up a 5 gal bucket of material to dump out when he felt pain in his lower back and leg.

2014 · 1 incident

July 2, 2014 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southside Materials, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee climbed into loader to start up then dismounted to perform pre-shift. When he stepped down from bottom step he turned to go round front of loader when he felt pain in lower back causing a sprain lumbar

2012 · 1 incident

March 9, 2012 NC · Metal/Non-Metal cleanup man, cleanup worker HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southside Materials, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was unclogging drain on sand screw with a pipe. His left little finger struck grate on top of sand screw causing a laceration that required stitches.

2006 · 2 incidents

September 3, 2006 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Struck by falling object

While using air bags to dislodge large blocks of rock, the scaler's legs were taken out when rock fell & air bags went down the hill. Dragged scaler into area that rock was falling.

May 6, 2006 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE strained lower back while lifting a 55 gallon drum of oil.

2005 · 1 incident

May 7, 2005 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Lacerated left pinky finger after the WA500 Loader cylinder pin pinched it, receiving 10 stitches.

2002 · 1 incident

April 26, 2002 NC · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Struck against a moving object

LOADER DROPPED BIG ROCK ON HAUL TRUCK. ROCK WAS BIG ENOUGH TO JERK DRIVER OF HAUL TRUCK AROUND & INJURE HIS BACK.