Mining Incidents

Shelbyville Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Shelbyville, Bedford County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4003001

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2000–2023
Latest incident
Feb 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
83
citations
20
significant & substantial
$13,671
proposed penalties
$11,690
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 5,631 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 852 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,154 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 668 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,665 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,657 1 1 603.5
2024 Q1 4,615 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,889 1 0 529.4
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2023 · 1 incident

February 23, 2023 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall from ladders

Employee had finished washing out and was descending a ladder when EE's right foot slipped off the bottom rung causing EE to drop approximately 16 inches to the platform where EE rolled right ankle when EE landed.

2022 · 1 incident

June 7, 2022 TN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec OTHER
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee had a medical emergency onsite and was later determined by medical professionals to have experienced a heart attack. Employee passed away 2 days later while at the hospital. MSHA special investigator deemed this event to be non-chargeable to the Company.

2015 · 2 incidents

September 11, 2015 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 (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured employee mashed right little finger while removing a rock from the mouth of a choked down primary crusher. He was treated by cleaning and dressing the wound. X-rays were negative. On 10/5/15, the employee was still in pain and was diagnosed with a contusion to right little finger, with restrictions of lifting no more than 30 pounds

February 12, 2015 TN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured employee stepped up on the motor base, stepping across to the other side of base and twisted his ankle on 3/4" incline on the catwalk. Resulting in a fractured lower tibia

2006 · 1 incident

September 13, 2006 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The injured employee and another employee were cleaning the catwalk. The other employee was using a water hose and lost his footing and the hose slipped from his hand. The pressure from the hose caused it to flip around and struck the injured employee on the ankle, resulting in a bruise.

2002 · 1 incident

January 25, 2002 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 · Fall from machine

THE EE STATED HE WAS CLIMBING INTO A LOADER AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND. HE LANDED ON HIS FEET BUT THE SUDDEN IMPACT HURT HIS LEFT KNEE.

2001 · 1 incident

November 12, 2001 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 ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A PIECE OFMETAL HUNG IN IMPACT CRUSHER. HE WAS USING A COME-A-LONG & HAD A HOOK IN AN EYE OF ANOTHER PIECE OF METAL WELDED ONTO ROTAR. THE METAL BROKE LOOSE AND CAME BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH. IT RESULTED IN FOUR BROKEN TEETH AND A CUT TO HIS LOWER LIP. (NO STITCHES).

2000 · 1 incident

May 27, 2000 TN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec ELECTRICAL
Custom Stone Llc · Contact with electrical current

CHANGING FUSES FOR PUG MILL, WHEN POWER WAS TURNED BACK ON FUSE BOX BLEW UP.