Mining Incidents

Sweetwater Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Sweetwater, Monroe County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4000024

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2003–2018
Latest incident
Apr 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
99
citations
16
significant & substantial
$15,066
proposed penalties
$14,599
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 5,662 1 0 176.6
2025 Q3 2,275 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,175 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,579 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,556 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,563 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,929 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,003 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

2018 · 1 incident

April 13, 2018 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was attempting to check oil in welder on the welding truck when the door came off causing the employee to fall backwards on to the concrete floor in the shop. EE injured left wrist and left hip/leg region.

2008 · 1 incident

November 12, 2008 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Craighead Limestone Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Slipped in confined area (bin), bruising tail bone.

2005 · 2 incidents

September 29, 2005 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Craighead Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Mashed his middle finger on his left hand between the handle of a floor jack and the fuel tank on a delivery truck while he was moving the jack in order to change a tire on truck at the maintaince shop resulting in the loss of his finger nail.

June 8, 2005 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Craighead Limestone Company Inc · Struck by falling object

While removing sheeve from vertical impact crusher, sheeve fell onto employee's right arm just above elbow causing swelling. No bones broken

2004 · 2 incidents

September 1, 2004 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Craighead Limestone Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee went to lunch at 11:30 am. He told his wife that his chest was hurting. He went to Doctors office where he told them that he was operating a skid steer loader cleaning around the plant when it jarred him causing his chest and back to hurt. We received a fax from the doctor excusing him from work on 09/02/2004.

July 30, 2004 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Craighead Limestone Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was using a hand shovel to clean spillage under conveyor tail pulley at the primary crusher when he felt a pain in his back. Continued to work his normal shift. Went to emergency room on following Monday.

2003 · 1 incident

December 1, 2003 TN · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND

EE RACKING ROCK FROM SIDE OF BIN WHERE ROCK HAD CAKED DUE TO WET CONDITIONS WHEN A PIECE OF CAKED MATERIAL LESS THATN THE SIZE OF HARD HAT ROLLED LESS THAN 10 FEET STRIKING THE EE ONT HE LEFT LEG RESULTING IN BREAKAGE TO THE LEFT LEG BELOW THE KNEE.