Mining Incidents

Pelham Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Greer, Spartanburg County, SC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3800567

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2000–2008
Latest incident
Mar 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
87
citations
11
significant & substantial
$15,965
proposed penalties
$12,294
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 4,039 4 1 990.3
2024 Q4 6,484 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,309 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8,332 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,576 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,586 2 0 1261.0
2022 Q3 4,844 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,407 2 0 453.8
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2008 · 1 incident

March 10, 2008 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Welding with mig welder and accidentally hit the trigger switch to on position. The welding gun was near his left leg when this happened. This caused the welding wire to penetrate into his left calf.

2007 · 2 incidents

December 18, 2007 SC · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Blanchard Field Service technician was in the cab of 769 haul truck with right side door open. Right hand was on door jamb. Door shut on right thumb causing contusion and laceration to right thumb.

March 5, 2007 SC · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC · Fall onto or against objects

The employee was using a wrench to tighten a nut on a bolt that was welded to a conveyor frame. The weld failed where the bolt was attached to the conveyor frame causing him to loose his balance and he struck the frame of the conveyor with his right hand, injuring his middle and ring fingers.

2006 · 2 incidents

August 22, 2006 SC · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC · Flash burns (welding)

A plant maintenance welder was welding in a confined area at our jaw crusher feeder box when he was subjected to welding flash. Due to the precarious position he was in, his helmet got hung up on a support beam above him as he was flipping it down to cover his face. Subsequently striking an arc and receiving enough ultra violet rays to cause some cornea burns of the left eye.

May 23, 2006 SC · Metal/Non-Metal ELECTRICAL
Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Electrical power pole caught on fire and could not be extinguished until the power company came out and de-energized the line to this pole. Did not involve any property owned by Hanson, but took more than 30 minutes to put out.

2005 · 1 incident

September 14, 2005 SC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC · Struck against a moving object

A large rock slid from the top of the muck pile and before the operator could back out of the way the rock slammed the bucket of the Caterpillar 988B pit loader. This caused the employee to lurch forward hurting his neck in the process. He was diagnosed with a neck sprain.

2004 · 1 incident

November 22, 2004 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stepped out of truck onto truck's fuel tank. Employee's right heel hung in the step, causing employee to twist foot, which resulted in a right ankle sprain.

2000 · 1 incident