Mining Incidents

Augusta Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Staunton, Augusta County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4402337

Augusta Plant has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2004–2025
Latest incident
May 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
31
citations
2
significant & substantial
$3,421
proposed penalties
$3,421
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
58
inspections on record
1,208
inspection hours
2.6
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.
31 citations across 1,208 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Augusta Plant has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 8,243 1 0 121.3
2025 Q3 8,095 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,465 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,575 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,131 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,835 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 6,394 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,813 1 0 172.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 5,404 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,906 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,452 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 6,880 1 0 145.3
2022 Q4 5,925 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,422 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 7,493 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 6,753 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 6,465 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,240 1 0 160.3
2021 Q2 6,653 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 6,114 1 0 163.6
2020 Q3 6,950 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 7,390 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 7,554 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 7,354 1 0 136.0
2019 Q3 7,576 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7,075 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5,923 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,541 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 6,018 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,126 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,397 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,413 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,710 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,792 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,139 2 0 389.2
2016 Q4 5,245 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 6,063 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,778 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5,811 2 1 344.2
2015 Q4 5,549 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,313 3 0 475.2
2015 Q2 5,811 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 4,447 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,664 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 7,012 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 8,240 1 0 121.4
2014 Q1 6,705 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 6,401 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,058 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 6,617 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,633 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,137 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,290 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,663 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,593 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 6,323 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 6,821 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,035 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 6,537 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 6,569 1 0 152.2
2010 Q3 7,419 1 0 134.8
2010 Q2 5,897 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,985 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,510 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 7,532 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,539 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,198 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,531 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,141 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 7,135 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 7,261 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 7,711 1 0 129.7
2007 Q3 9,101 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 8,401 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 9,561 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 9,335 5 0 535.6
2006 Q3 12,391 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 10,818 3 0 277.3
2006 Q1 12,097 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 10,943 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 13,721 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 10,652 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 10,187 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 8,177 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8,149 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 8,853 4 1 451.8
2004 Q1 7,601 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 8,189 1 0 122.1
2003 Q3 6,889 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 8,887 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,182 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,823 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 8,496 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 9,518 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 7,452 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,819 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 8,812 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,763 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 7,363 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,725 1 0 148.7
2000 Q3 7,539 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 9,035 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 7,852 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2025 · 1 incident

May 1, 2025 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by flying object

The accident occurred when employee was attempting to get a hammer disassemble in a set of jaws. They put a spacer piece in to help the jaws grip better on the hammer, and the spacer piece split into pieces. One of the steel chips struck and lodged into employee's arms. The entry site bled but was wrapped up and the employee finished the job they were working on.

2022 · 1 incident

May 6, 2022 VA · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

The cable on the drill were caught in the tray. EE reached to free the cables when EE felt 3 pops in EE's right bicep.

2016 · 1 incident

September 15, 2016 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The injured employee was helping another employee load a wire cloth screen (48" x 54") on the back of the welding truck when left index finger became caught between the screen and the bed of the truck resulting in a laceration.

2004 · 1 incident

August 6, 2004 VA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Luck Stone Corp · Struck by flying object

Associate removing metal strapping band from conveyor after shipping, when cut band came back and lacerated back of associates left hand.

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The full compliance file on Augusta Plant

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.