Mining Incidents

Cantrell Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Uvalde, Uvalde County, TX  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4105703

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2024–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
20
citations
1
significant & substantial
$4,033
proposed penalties
$4,033
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 4,760 8 1 1680.7
2025 Q3 3,087 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 726 10 0 13774.1
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 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

4 on file

2025 · 3 incidents

October 3, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Failure of installation contractor rigging equipment allowed rotating bucketwheel assembly to strike employee's leg.

June 25, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was installing electrical cable terminations. As EE was cutting and peeling back the cable sheathing, EE cut EE's left hand between the left thumb and index finger. Employee was taken to Urgent Care to have wound cleaned due to fear of contamination/infection. Treating physician cleaned wound and closed cut with 3 stitches.

2024 · 1 incident

October 28, 2024 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was using a T-post driver to drive 3/4" electric metal tubing (EMT) into the ground. As EE was raising the driver, EE went too far up and the tubing came out of the driver cylinder. On the downward motion, EE missed the EMT striking EE's right index finger on the EMT while holding the driver handle. This caused an open wound and broken bone in the tip of EE's finger.