Mining Incidents

Southern Aggregates Metal/Non-Metal

Southern Aggregates · Facility
Controlled by John W Justice IV
Staley, Randolph County, NC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3101093

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2004–2025
Latest incident
Jan 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
98
citations
35
significant & substantial
$16,647
proposed penalties
$16,647
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 3,945 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,943 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,947 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,946 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,939 2 0 507.7
2024 Q3 3,943 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,812 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,349 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

7 on file

2025 · 1 incident

January 17, 2025 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bagging, package operator MACHINERY
Southern Aggregates · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

USER ERROR. FINGER CUT ON BAGGING MACHINE. NO DAMAGE TO THE EQUIPMENT.

2015 · 1 incident

June 19, 2015 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Aggregates · Struck against stationary object

EE was greasing the crush plant. He bent over and his hard hat came off. He picked it up and when he raised up he hit his head on a piece of angle iron. He cut a gash on top of his head. He received 6 staples.

2009 · 1 incident

November 13, 2009 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator FIRE
Southern Aggregates · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was going to relight burner on dry plant #1. When he tried to relight it, the flame blew back on right side of face and neck.

2007 · 1 incident

August 21, 2007 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Southern Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Placing bag on bagger, bag slipped, thumb caught when bagger closed.

2005 · 1 incident

September 27, 2005 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Southern Aggregates · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee states that he has worked as a bagging operator for seven yrs and as a result of this job, has suffered a repetitive motion/cumulative trauma injury to his right shoulder.

2004 · 2 incidents

July 23, 2004 NC · Metal/Non-Metal forklift operator POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO SECURE PALLET ON STRETCH WRAP MACHINE AND WAS PINNED TO THE WALL BY THE PALLET AND FORKLIFT.