Mining Incidents

Brookman Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Heavy Materials LLC · Surface
Controlled by US Concrete
Marindahl, St Thomas County, VI  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 5500008

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2010–2026
Latest incident
May 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
205
citations
76
significant & substantial
$141,701
proposed penalties
$107,212
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 12,504 1 0 80.0
2025 Q3 12,715 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 13,068 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 9,504 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,376 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,787 2 1 417.8
2024 Q2 4,438 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,620 1 0 276.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2026 · 1 incident

May 8, 2026 - · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heavy Materials LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was replacing tram-cylinder on HP4 cone and got EE's thumb pinched between the cylinder and cone, resulting in laceration/partial amputation of the left thumb.

2025 · 2 incidents

June 13, 2025 - · Metal/Non-Metal welder (non-shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heavy Materials LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE was welding, and when EE finished with the rod, threw it from the holder. The rod fell into EE's boot and burned EE.

June 2, 2025 - · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heavy Materials LLC · Struck against stationary object

EE was loosening a drain elbow on the HP3 cone hydraulic tank. The pipe wrench EE was using slipped from the plug and EE hit their hand on adjacent beam.

2023 · 1 incident

March 23, 2023 - · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heavy Materials LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was moving the hinge portion of the chute attached to the Simplicity shaker for the secondary plant. The amount of force used to pry the hinge portion of the chute caused the blade portion of the telehandler to jump when the piece was dislodged. The blade from the telehandler landed on the Employee's left index finger causing laceration.

2018 · 1 incident

August 25, 2018 - · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman STRIKING OR BUMPING
Heavy Materials LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was finishing shift and had forgotten lunch pale at break room. While walking back EE ducked underneath a conveyor belt support, EE's hard hat fell off and EE struck EE's head on steel support resulting in laceration on top of head. Ten stitches required.

2017 · 3 incidents

June 19, 2017 - · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heavy Materials LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Two employees including one supervisor was in the Quarry tunnel attempting to raise the gate for the tail pulley. After repeated attempts, the wall went up and jammed one employee's right hand between the pulley and the wall of the tunnel. It took about 3 minutes to pry their hand out from being squeezed.

June 9, 2017 - · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heavy Materials LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE and two others were working in the Tunnel in the Quarry trying to raid the gate for the tail-pulley. When it became unstuck, EE's hand got stuck between the gate and the wall. The other two rushed to help free EE's hand using a piece of 2x4 wood to pry EE's hand out. It took about 3 minutes to free EE's right hand; EE's thumb was numb.

May 19, 2017 - · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Heavy Materials LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

The employee was not wearing safety goggles while dispensing grease to a Trackhoe. The hose burst and entered the eye of the employee. Employee drove to the emergency room on own due to denying assistance. No medical report was received. The employee is seeing blurry and has not returned to work.

2016 · 1 incident

June 22, 2016 - · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heavy Materials LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was replacing a roller that goes underneath the conveyor belt #7 when employee tried to use force and pushed to flip the roller in place it slipped and became in contact with the employee's right middle finger.

2010 · 1 incident

July 11, 2010 - · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heavy Materials LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was hammering a tooth on an excavator bucket when a piece of metal broke off and became airborn, striking employee resulting in a minor laceration to the abdomen approximately 3/8" in length