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Houston Sales Yard Metal/Non-Metal

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Facility

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company

Houston, Harris County, TX · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 4103646

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2001–2011
Latest incident: Dec 2011

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2009

citations

significant & substantial

$2,949

proposed penalties

$2,812

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	4,710	0	0.0
2025 Q3	2,552	0	0.0
2025 Q1	1,912	0	0.0
2024 Q4	1,526	0	0.0
2024 Q3	3,951	0	0.0
2024 Q2	3,208	0	0.0
2024 Q1	2,430	1	411.5
2023 Q3	1,346	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

2011 · 1 incident

December 6, 2011 TX · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales OTHER

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Non Work Related - Natural Causes Employee complained of stomach pains and was transported to hosiptal via ambulance. The doctor determined that the pains were associated with gall stones and an abnormal growth on kidney.

2002 · 1 incident

October 28, 2002 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PERFORMING A PRESHIFT INSPECTION ONF FRONT END LOADER. HE OPENED ENGINE COMPARTMENT DOOR TO CHECK ENGINE OIL. WHEN REACHING OVERHEAD TO PLACE DIPSTICK BACK INTO ENGINE, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

2001 · 1 incident

February 12, 2001 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

Vulcan/Ica Distribution Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE CLAIMED HE INJURED HIS BACK AND NECK WHILE OPERATING THE FRONT-END LOADER INTO THE STOCKPILE OF MATERIAL. HE STATED THE MACHINE JERKED AS HE WENT INTO THE STOCKPILE WITH THE LOADER BU CKET.