Mining Incidents

Bristol Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Bristol, Sullivan County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4002872

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2001–2014
Latest incident
Jun 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
52
citations
8
significant & substantial
$6,074
proposed penalties
$5,911
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 4,679 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,184 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,988 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,852 1 0 350.6
2024 Q3 1,341 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,002 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,059 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,223 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

2014 · 1 incident

June 26, 2014 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was parked parallel to a Genie S85 man lift. Attempted to pull out from machine when he realized left rear wheels were choked. Exited the truck to remove wheel chocks, truck began to roll backwards. EE was struck/trapped between basket of Genie lift and the left front of truck. EE exited truck with engine running and transmission on neutral with parking brake partially engaged.

2012 · 1 incident

August 29, 2012 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)

Employee was removing the clamp that held the stationary belt during the repair the clamp released suddenly and struck employee in the nose between the eyes causing a laceration and resulting in stitches.

2001 · 1 incident

June 7, 2001 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS ENTERING THE PLANT TO REPORT FOR WORK AND REACHED IN FLOOR TO TRUCK TO PICK UP SOMETHING AND RAN IN A DITCH HITTING HIS HEAD. INJURY RESULTED IN STITCHES.