Mining Incidents

Boone Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Boone, Watauga County, NC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3100368

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2003–2019
Latest incident
Feb 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
18
citations
2
significant & substantial
$3,060
proposed penalties
$2,634
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 11,408 2 0 175.3
2025 Q3 7,650 3 0 392.2
2025 Q2 13,115 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,877 1 0 205.0
2024 Q4 13,213 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,875 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,041 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,236 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

7 on file

2019 · 1 incident

February 12, 2019 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Flash burns (welding)

Employee felt burning in eyes after conducting welding/cutting during a 10 hour shift. Diagnosed with Welders Flash Burn.

2018 · 1 incident

October 1, 2018 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured employee pushed bolt thru cheek plate and before injured employee could let go another employee hit the trigger on impact wrench causing the bolt head to spin cutting and fracturing employee's right ring finger.

2010 · 1 incident

September 8, 2010 NC · 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

EE was welding grizzly bars in shop, when he attempted to reposition the bars, the load shifted and caught his thumb between the bars and saw horses.

2006 · 2 incidents

August 29, 2006 NC · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

A periodic chest x-ray screening was read by two "B" Readers. The x-ray was characterized as consistent with pnemoconosis with readings of 1/1 and 1/2 . Damage or impairment cannot be determine soley by reading the chest x-ray film.

March 1, 2006 NC · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall from machine

EE fractured left heel after losing his balance on the upper deck of the Omni cone ladder at the feed box and falling 4 ft. to deck below, weight landing on heel.

2003 · 2 incidents

July 1, 2003 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against stationary object

I WAS USING CHANNEL LOCKS TO TIGHTEN TIE WRAPS BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING & I COULD NOT PULL THE TIE WRAPS WITH MY HAND. THE CHANNEL LOCKS SLIPPED & FORCED MY THUMB INTO THE CONCRETE.

May 12, 2003 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING LODGED MATERIAL FROM THE DISCHARGE END OF THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. WHILE THE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A SLAB OF MATERIAL NEARBY MATERIAL SHIFTED ENOUGH TO PINCH HIS FINGER TIP.