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Tazewell Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Surface

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company

Tazewell, Claiborne County, TN · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 4000100

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2008–2019
Latest incident: Jul 2019

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$4,846

proposed penalties

$4,661

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	3,965	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	5,006	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	770	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	1,762	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	582	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	4,847	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	4,432	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	3,135	0	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

July 15, 2019 TN · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

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

Plant Manager aggravated a pre-existing injury to the right heel tearing a blood blister while walking over a level drill bench. On July 20th, EE died after complications following surgery after an x-ray revealed a broken right heel bone and torn achilles tendon.

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2018 · 1 incident

October 30, 2018 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee caught right hand between wrench and hand rail while replacing belts on HSI Crusher.

2008 · 1 incident

November 26, 2008 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Injured EE wsa adding the new bumper rails to scales and the injured EE was supporting the pipe by hand, when the opposite end fell off its supports trapping finger, causing a broken finger.