Mining Incidents

Speers Ferry Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Gate City, VA, Scott County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4400091

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
May 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
8
citations
3
significant & substantial
$914
proposed penalties
$914
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
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q1 532 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 704 1 0 1420.5
2006 Q3 2,562 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 1,405 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 440 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,286 0 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

2002 · 1 incident

2000 · 1 incident

July 21, 2000 VA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Fall from headframe, derrick or tower

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO REMOVE A 7' BY 8' DECK. THE EMPLOYEE CUT A SUPPORT SECTION CAUSING THE DECK TO FALL APPROX 8 FT. THE EMPLOYEE FELL WITHT THE DECK.