Mining Incidents

Summit Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Blountsville, Blount County, AL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0102743

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2006–2018
Latest incident
Jun 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
97
citations
34
significant & substantial
$32,523
proposed penalties
$30,443
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 6,412 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,316 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,639 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 7,254 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 10,356 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 10,123 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 8,474 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,751 5 2 645.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2018 · 2 incidents

June 28, 2018 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Whitaker Contracting Corp. · Struck against stationary object

Dislodging rock in jaw crusher with a pry bar when hand slipped off striking feeder wall

April 20, 2018 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Whitaker Contracting Corp. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was sitting in haul truck waiting for Trac hoe to load with boulders, when a boulder was dropped on tail end of truck causing the bed to raise and then slam down rocking the cab hurting employee back

2014 · 1 incident

May 31, 2014 AL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Madison Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was assisting co-worker putting a guard back on a tail pulley. Co-worker had to use a sledge hammer to seat guard and when he struck guard hammer head came off striking employee in left arm.

2013 · 1 incident

February 8, 2013 AL · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Materials · Struck against stationary object

Pulling pull cord on air compressor.

2006 · 1 incident

July 15, 2006 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Madison Materials · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING EXCESS MATERIALS FROM UNDER JAW CRUSHER(WHILE IN OPERATION) WHEN HIS SHIRT BECAME ENTANGLED IN BELT DRIVE SHAFT TO FEEDER CAUSING SKIN UNDER HIS ARM TO BECOME DETACHED ALONG WITH SCRAPES AND ABRASIONS