Mining Incidents

Athens Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Athens, Mcminn County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4000125

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2002–2025
Latest incident
Aug 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
27
citations
9
significant & substantial
$10,879
proposed penalties
$8,993
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 6,654 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,950 1 0 202.0
2025 Q2 3,659 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,766 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,263 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,110 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,721 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 5,634 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

3 on file

2025 · 1 incident

August 6, 2025 TN · Metal/Non-Metal trespasser SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Two trespassers were on site early in the morning and one male fell off the highwall from the level above. They were treated at the scene and left via ambulance. The immediate report hotline was called when we were made aware that the injuries were potentially life threatening. Extent of the injuries are unknown at this time.

2007 · 1 incident

July 26, 2007 TN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) OTHER
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The injured employee was trying to remove a piece of metal from the #3 belt when the magnet pulled the metal piece back up and caught the tip of the right index finger causing a amputation to the tip of the right index finger

2002 · 1 incident

July 26, 2002 TN · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Contact with electrical current

REPAIRING QUARRY PUMP STARTER. WHILE CHANGING OUT CONTROL TRANSFORMER THE TOOL HE WAS USING NEEDLE NOSE PLIERS CAME INTO CONTACT WITH ENERZIED PART OF STARTER. REDEIVED APPROX. 2ND DEGREE BURN TO TIGHT HAND AND FOREARM GENERATED BY ELECTRICAL FAULT.