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Lenoir Metal/Non-Metal

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Surface

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company

Lenoir, Caldwell County, NC · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 3101094

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 2000–2022
Latest incident: May 2022

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$2,287

proposed penalties

$2,287

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	4,236	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	1,985	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	4,547	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	807	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	1,658	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	4,829	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	3,124	0	0	0.0
2023 Q4	340	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

2022 · 1 incident

May 12, 2022 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by flying object

Employee allegedly claims that on 5/12/2022 they were washing down under tower 2. EE claims that dust entered their eye. At the end of the shift they left and seemed fine with no indication that the eye was aggravated. At 8:30PM on 5/12/22, they called the supervisor and stated they were heading to the ER to get the eye checked out. There were no witnesses to this event.

2019 · 1 incident

July 10, 2019 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by falling object

EE sustained a left hand injury. EE was removing a side panel from a dozer. The panel was stuck in place after removing all of the bolts due to corrosion. The panel unexpectedly fell on EE's left hand.

2005 · 1 incident

March 7, 2005 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Strained his right ankle while walking on rough terrain.

2000 · 2 incidents

October 18, 2000 NC · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against stationary object

CLEANING OUT WELDING AREA IN SHOP, HE PICKED UP AN EMPTY WELDING ROD CONTAINER AND CUT HIS KNUCKLE BELOW HIS INDEX FINGER.

February 28, 2000 NC · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WORKING AT LENOIR. THE PLANT CONSTRUCTION TRAILER HAD JUST BEEN MOVED IN, GETTING READY FOR THE PLANT REBUILD. EE AND OTHER WERE IN THE TRAILER ATTEMPTING TO REALIGN THE TUBES THAT ARE USED TO HOLD THE BLUE PRINTS DURING THE PROJECT. THETUBES ARE ACTUALLY PVC PIPE THAT HAS BEEN CUT TO THE DESIRED LENGTH. THE TUBES HAD SHIFTED AND EE WAS USING A BIT OF FORCE TRYING TO LINE THEM B