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Aragon: 10 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Rockmart, Polk County, GA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0901214

Aragon has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2016–2026
Latest incident
Feb 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
10
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,241
proposed penalties
$1,241
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
33
inspections on record
581
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 581 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Aragon has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.0% low, 90.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2024-12-11
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-12-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2024-12-11 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.87 10 0.09 Diamond Drill Operator
2024-12-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2024-01-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-01-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2024-01-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.34 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-01-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2022-09-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2022-09-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Utility Man
2018-07-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2018-07-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.69 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-07-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

Aragon recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Georgia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.20 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Vulcan Materials Company 2011 to 2014
  2. Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 2014 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 20
2025 16
2024 16
2023 16
2022 16
2021 14
2020 10
2019 12
2018 12
2017 16
2016 16
2015 17
2014 14
2013 11
2012 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Aragon sits in Polk County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Polk County, Georgia · Population 43,365
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$55,308
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 11,862 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 12,085 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 10,808 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,415 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 9,318 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 7,935 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,052 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,583 0 0 0.0
Show 48 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 8,609 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8,947 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 9,052 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 10,305 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 9,702 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 9,032 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 8,122 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,559 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 9,053 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 8,140 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 8,851 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 9,037 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,652 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,320 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 6,643 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 6,641 1 0 150.6
2020 Q2 6,709 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 6,594 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 10,269 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6,035 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,837 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5,842 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,622 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,007 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,920 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 6,970 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 7,366 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 8,391 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 8,005 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 7,456 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 8,560 1 0 116.8
2016 Q3 9,687 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 7,022 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 9,674 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 9,329 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 10,508 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 10,087 1 0 99.1
2015 Q1 6,521 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 6,220 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 8,318 1 0 120.2
2014 Q2 7,813 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 7,778 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 6,246 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,162 1 0 240.3
2013 Q2 5,175 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 8,126 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,199 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 598 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2026 · 1 incident

February 18, 2026 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee claimed that EE hurt EE's shoulder while digging in the muck pile with the pit loader.

2016 · 1 incident

January 13, 2016 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against stationary object

While removing the motor frame and the motor for repair, the employee struck EE's left elbow on the frame of the tower.