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West TX Portable #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Surface

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company

Brownwood, Brown County, TX · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 4105220

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2025
Latest incident: Oct 2025

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2020

citations

significant & substantial

$407

proposed penalties

$407

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	2,196	1	455.4
2025 Q3	2,378	0	0.0
2025 Q2	2,161	0	0.0
2025 Q1	1,646	0	0.0
2024 Q4	554	0	0.0
2024 Q2	1,946	0	0.0
2024 Q1	1,269	0	0.0
2022 Q4	1,191	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

2 on file

2025 · 2 incidents

October 30, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall from machine

On 10/30 employee had filled crusher with diesel & was descending the ladder. As EE was stepping down their foot slipped causing them to hang onto the handrail by their right arm. First aid was administered from that day forward. On 11/14 EE requested to go to the clinic. Diagnosed with strain of their right shoulder rotator cuff. Prescribed medication and physical therapy.

January 3, 2025 TX · 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 to the walkway or working surface

Employee stepped over a trailer hitch and caught boot on the hitch which caused employee to trip and fall to the ground. Employee was diagnosed with a fracture in the left humerus.