Mining Incidents

Greeneville Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Greeneville, Greene County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4000068

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2000–2026
Latest incident
Feb 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
23
citations
3
significant & substantial
$3,963
proposed penalties
$3,963
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 6,993 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,436 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,928 1 1 518.7
2025 Q1 8,146 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,768 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,760 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,494 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,375 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

6 on file

2026 · 1 incident

2014 · 1 incident

May 23, 2014 TN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Injured employee was assisting on the repairs of the # 6 conveyor. The conveyor belt had broken & was lying on the ground at the take-up pulley area. The injured was in the process of hooking a chain to the gravity take-up & conveyor belt when the belt started to shift and he moved back striking his left arm on piece of metal angle brace causing a deep laceration

2011 · 1 incident

May 13, 2011 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Injured employee along with another employee were installing a chute at the secondary crusher, they had installed a 20' x 30' of 3/8th plated steel in the chute. Once the plate was in place the injured employee had to make a minor adjustment and was repositioning the plate when he felt a sharp pain in his left arm. Resulting in a strain to the bicep muscle

2004 · 1 incident

March 26, 2004 TN · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman OTHER
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The ee was troubleshooting the electrical switch gear and the door was open on the box. He turned his head and as he looked back around, the wind blew the door into his mouth, loosening an implanted tooth.

2000 · 2 incidents

August 4, 2000 TN · 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 (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING FLYWHEEL DAMPER ON R50 EUCLID AND IT SLIPPED. UPON TRYING TO CATCH IT HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN DAMPER & TYE ROD.