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Volunteer Materials Metal/Non-Metal

Volunteer Materials · Surface

Controlled by Armada Materials LLC

Lewisburg, TN, Marshall County, TN · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 4003298

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 6
Years on record: 2009–2026
Latest incident: Mar 2026

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2007

citations

significant & substantial

$22,452

proposed penalties

$19,487

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	15,359	1	0	65.1
2025 Q3	19,093	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	23,207	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	29,489	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	26,265	2	0	76.1
2024 Q3	21,750	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	21,576	3	2	139.0
2024 Q1	17,775	1	1	56.3

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2026 · 1 incident

March 17, 2026 TN · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Volunteer Materials · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was bent over moving under a structure and stepped over a cross member when their forward knee gave out, causing a fall. Their rear foot became caught in the structure, and they heard a pop. A coworker provided first aid and notified a supervisor, who transported the employee for medical evaluation. Injury was a knee ligament separation from the bone.

2025 · 1 incident

August 2, 2025 TN · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Volunteer Materials · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was walking, slipped, and broke thumb on rock

2022 · 1 incident

August 19, 2022 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Volunteer Materials · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE NOT WEARING GLOVES DURING METAL CHUTE INSTALLATION

2017 · 1 incident

August 7, 2017 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY

Volunteer Materials · Contact with hot objects or substances

The miner was fabricating a metal chute using a torch and welder. As the miner was shifting the metal, the metal began to slide. The hot end of the metal came in contact with the miner's belly causing a small burn.

2013 · 1 incident

December 3, 2013 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Volunteer Materials · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING HAMMER, FELT STRAIN IN BACK.

2009 · 1 incident

September 8, 2009 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER

Volunteer Materials · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee had climbed off of WA600 loader and with both feet on the ground turned to walk to shop and injured his knee.