Mining Incidents

Parsons Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Parsons, Decatur County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4000106

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
2000–2024
Latest incident
Mar 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
83
citations
14
significant & substantial
$95,401
proposed penalties
$58,367
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 16,259 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 12,528 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,660 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,981 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,962 2 0 287.3
2024 Q3 18,332 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 9,620 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,065 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

17 on file

2024 · 1 incident

March 19, 2024 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 was trimming the bottom tab off a poly-deck screen so it would fit flush against the side of the screen. EE was utilizing a retractable razor knife and as EE cut away from self the blade slipped off catching the tip of EE's left ring finger.

2018 · 1 incident

April 17, 2018 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Audiologist evaluation of annual audiogram shows that a reportable hearing loss has occurred.

2013 · 1 incident

November 22, 2013 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee allegedly slipped while exiting the truck, and complaining of back pain

2011 · 1 incident

September 20, 2011 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against stationary object

The employee in reference has allegedly stated that his lower back & right leg has been injured while working at the facility crusher run tunnel area. The employee was operating a D8-R cat dozer in & around the crusher run tunnel stockpile area at the time of the incident. The employee allegedly has stopped the dozer & stepped down onto the stockpile area to relieve his self.

2006 · 1 incident

February 10, 2006 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The injured EE was changing a screen at the plant and was sliding the replacement screen over another screen to get it into place. There was slack in the come-a-long and his right middle finger was caught between the screens requiring stitches.

2005 · 1 incident

July 26, 2005 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ELECTRICAL WIRE FROM POLE TO POLE AND SLIPPED ON UNLEVEL GROUND. HE TRIED TO BRACE HIMSELF FROM THE FALL AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS NECK.

2004 · 1 incident

December 29, 2004 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING TO THE WATER TRUCK & SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL TO THE GROUND STRIKING HIS HEAD. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 1/13/05.

2003 · 5 incidents

December 8, 2003 TN · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND

EE WAS WASHING DOWN SECONDARY PLANT, WHILE PULLING ON HOSE-STRAINED/INJURED BACK.

December 5, 2003 TN · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against stationary object

THE EE WAS OPENING A NEW BARREL OF DRILL OIL AND WAS USING A SCREWDRIVER TO PRY THE TOP OFF. THE XCREWDRIVER SLIPPED AND THE TOP CUT HIS LEFT HAND.

April 23, 2003 TN · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WITH INSTALLATION OF A NEW SCREEN. HE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF RUBBER TO CUT IN HIS LEFT HAND AND THE KNIFE WENT THROUGH THE RUBBER AND CUT HIS LEFT THUMB, RESULTING I N STITCHES.

April 21, 2003 TN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED INTO THE PLANT IN A PICKUP TRUCK TO START WORK. THE QUARRY FLOOR WAS WET FROM RAIN AND AS HE STEPPED OUT OF THE TRUCK, HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

January 22, 2003 TN · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE EE WAS WORKING ON THE CONE CRUSHER CONTROLS & UPON COMPLETION HE CLOSED THE DOOR WITH HIS FOOT. WHILE PUSHING HE FELT A POP & PAIN IN HIS RT. FOOT. IT RESULTED IN A CRACKED BONE AT LITTLE TOE ON RT. FOOT.

2002 · 1 incident

November 22, 2002 TN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by falling object

WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE PUSHER BOLTS OUT OF SPROCKET, SPROCKET WAS GREASY CO WORKER TRIED TO GET BOLT LOOSE AND SPROCKET SLIPPED OUT OF INJURED EE S HAND AND FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

2001 · 3 incidents

August 3, 2001 TN · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against a moving object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRIPPING WITH A DOZER. HE WAS BACKING UP A SLOPE WHEN DOZER FELL IN A HOLE.

July 9, 2001 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS PERFORMING A PRESHIFT INSPECTION ON A LOADER. HE STEPPED FROM THE LOADER TO CHECK THE LIGHTS AND WHEN STEPPING TO GROUND, HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

June 14, 2001 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by falling object

THE INJURED EE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EE IN LOADING A COMPRESSED GAS CYLINDER ON A TRUCK. THE CYLINDER SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND HIT HIM ON THE SIDE OF HIS LEFT ANKLE, FRACTURING SMALL BONE.

2000 · 1 incident