Mining Incidents

River Road Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Nashville, Davidson County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4000104

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2002–2024
Latest incident
Aug 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
70
citations
11
significant & substantial
$80,724
proposed penalties
$49,974
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 10,452 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,097 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 9,461 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,331 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,025 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 8,348 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,111 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,210 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
June 10, 2019 TN · Metal/Non-Metal electrician helper Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Pending Investigation - Victim was leveling material in a trench made for laying electrical conduit, manager was operating front-end loader above. The front-end loader was being used to back fill the trench when the bank collapsed causing the front-end loader to slide into the trench. The victim was fatally injured when victim was pinned between loader and jersey block.

Reportable incidents

12 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2024 · 1 incident

August 7, 2024 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Injured Employee was utilizing a torch to cut off two track bolts on an Excavator. As the employee finished the last bolt there was a spark causing them to pull the torch back. The torch then made contact with the right hand and burnt through the glove and burning the backside of their right hand causing a 2nd Degree Burn.

2017 · 1 incident

November 10, 2017 TN · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee received a laceration and fracture to left thumb when it was struck by a come-a-long.

2014 · 1 incident

April 29, 2014 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured employee is allegedly claiming a 8 inch rock fell from an area overhead at the primary crusher frame. Striking him in the right shoulder. The primary crusher was not operating during this clean out process.

2013 · 1 incident

July 2, 2013 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured employee and another employee had set the crusher ring and were unhooking the crusher ring from the crane. The shackles and straps were laid on side of crusher frame the crane operator started lifting the hoist of the crane and the shackles came off the side of crusher frame and hit injured employee in the mouth, chipping two teeth.

2011 · 1 incident

March 28, 2011 TN · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by flying object

Sharpening drill bit with small air grinder, foreign object allegedly hit eye. EE stated he was wearing safety glasses.

2010 · 2 incidents

September 24, 2010 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against a moving object

The injured employee was operating a haul truck in the pit. As he descended towards the bottom of the ramp, he lost control of the truck and traveled off the roadway striking his forehead against the windshield.

May 25, 2010 TN · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured employee was drilling a hole in the junction box using a hole saw. When the drill bit punched through, the hole saw teeth grabbed the box and the drill slipped out of injured employees hand and hitting him in the mouth. Resulting in stitches.

2009 · 1 incident

July 24, 2009 TN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Injury happend on 7/24/09, but did not get medical treatment until 8/05/09. Injured employee was assisting other employees, swinging a 16lb sledge hammer trying to loosen a nut on the liner of the head of the crusher. Resulting in a shoulder stain.

2006 · 1 incident

July 19, 2006 TN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was operating a Mack DM 690 water truck watering roads. Employee lost control of truck and jumped out resulting in injury to wrist, ankle, knee & head.

2005 · 1 incident

February 22, 2005 TN · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

The ee was checking a belt for a problem and his glove was pulled into the belt under skirt rubber. Two fingers on left hand were mashed.

2002 · 2 incidents

October 24, 2002 TN · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS FREEING LODGED ROCK AT THE #3 HEAD BOX BELT. HE WAS USING A PRY BAR AND IT SLIPPED AND HE HIT HIS KNUCKLES ON HIS RIGHT HAND RESULTING IN A CONTUSION.

October 17, 2002 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A STEP LADDER CHANGING THE OIL IN A 210 KOMATSU TRUCK. HE WAS LEANING AGAINST THE TRUCK FRAME ON HIS RIGHT SIDE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SIDE.