← Back to search

Cookeville Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Surface

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company

Cookeville, Putnam County, TN · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 4003068

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Cookeville Quarry.

Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 2001–2018
Latest incident: Jan 2018

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$5,416

proposed penalties

$5,142

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	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	13,809	0	0.0
2025 Q3	11,176	0	0.0
2025 Q2	2,945	0	0.0
2025 Q1	3,417	0	0.0
2024 Q4	4,763	0	0.0
2024 Q3	2,909	0	0.0
2024 Q2	2,309	0	0.0
2024 Q1	8,198	1	122.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2018 · 1 incident

January 23, 2018 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee lost balance after bending over to remove a wheel chock. Fell backwards onto back. Employee was transported to the ER via ambulance and released the same day. (Per a MSHA accident investigation, this is not a reportable accident.)

2012 · 1 incident

December 6, 2012 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was having symptoms of a heart attack prior to reporting to work. Other Employees notice and took action to get him to the hospital safely. It was later determined not to be life-threating or work related.

2011 · 1 incident

March 30, 2011 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Injured employee exited a machine loaded on a bean trailer, had both feet on the ground, turned and the hill of his boot got caught on one of the cribbing blocks on the ground causing him to fall and land on his right hand, causing a contusion.

2001 · 1 incident

February 13, 2001 TN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE EE WAS NEAR THE SHOP USING A PRYBAR TO MOVE A PIECE OF SHEET METAL. HE LOST HIS BALANCE & WHILE TRYING TO CATCH HIS FALL, HE FRACTURED HIS WRIST.