Mining Incidents

Bellwood Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Atlanta, Fulton County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0900037

Bellwood Quarry has $7K 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
26
Years on record
1983–2006
Latest incident
Jul 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
37
citations
10
significant & substantial
$7,457
proposed penalties
$7,457
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
19
inspections on record
296
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: 296 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bellwood Quarry has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-06-06.
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
2008 Q2 4,054 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,933 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,335 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 8,197 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 13,863 8 1 577.1
2007 Q1 15,142 3 0 198.1
2006 Q4 15,488 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 17,461 0 0 0.0
Show 26 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q2 16,400 3 0 182.9
2006 Q1 17,024 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 17,948 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 17,196 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 16,013 4 0 249.8
2005 Q1 16,174 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 14,162 1 0 70.6
2004 Q3 16,190 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 15,650 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 15,570 1 0 64.2
2003 Q4 16,222 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 17,492 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 15,255 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 14,028 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 14,280 2 1 140.1
2002 Q3 16,315 2 2 122.6
2002 Q2 17,249 1 0 58.0
2002 Q1 17,991 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 17,063 3 1 175.8
2001 Q3 17,174 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 17,021 3 1 176.3
2001 Q1 17,056 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 14,793 6 4 405.6
2000 Q3 17,200 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 17,675 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 16,038 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

26 on file

2006 · 1 incident

July 20, 2006 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured employee was removing the lock ring on 4 1/4 crusher with a hydraulic ram another employee was cleaning off the dist. plate with a water hose. When the water splashed distracting the injured employee, The employee caught his left index finger between the wedge of the ram and tube of the ram.

2002 · 2 incidents

April 25, 2002 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

7EE WAS ASSISTING IN THE REMOVAL OF JAWCRUSHER CHEEK PLAT BOLTS. BOLTS WOULD NOT COME OUT SO HE WAS HOLDING A BOLT WHILE ANOTHER EE HIT IT TO KNOCK OUT OLD BOLTS. EE SWUNG, HAMMER GLANCE OFF B OLT, BOLT CAUGH EE;S FINGER BETWEEN BOLT AND CHEEK PLATE.

1997 · 2 incidents

June 19, 1997 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKIGN CHUTE UNDER #1 SCREEN @ PRIMARY PLATN FOR BUIL DUP IN CHUTE. WHILE STANDING #1 CONVEYOR HEAD PULLEY A ROCK FELL OFF BELT, STRIKCING LEMPLOYEE ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT, BREAK BONE BEHIND BIG TOE.

February 17, 1997 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE CLIMBING ON THE BACK OF A TRUCK. HE HIT HIS SHIN ON THE BUMPER, LACERATIGN IT. REQUIRED 8 SUTURES.

1996 · 2 incidents

June 5, 1996 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STRAINED MUSCLES IN CHEST BY SHOVELING TOO MUCH.

February 2, 1996 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS STANDING ON JAW CRUSHER TRYING TO DISLODGE A LARGE ROCK THAT HAD JAMMED IN ROCK CRUSHER. IT FELL ON HIS RIGHT FOOT INJURING SAME.

1995 · 1 incident

August 19, 1995 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TAKINGS SCHEEMS OUT OF JAW CRUSHER. WHILETAKING SCHEEMS OUT OF CRUSHER, A HYD HOSE BURST CAUSING SWING JAW TO FALL BACK ON SCHEEMS CATCHING THUMB & FINGER ON SCHEEMS, CUTTING END OF THU MB OFF. THUMB & FINGER STRUCK BY; MOVING OBJECT.LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS ALSO CUT.

1994 · 1 incident

February 7, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING WATER PUMP AT JAW CRUSHER WHILE LIFTING AND SETTING PUMP, HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.

1993 · 1 incident

August 24, 1993 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING SCREEN ON BOTTOM DECK FOREIGN MATERIAL BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS EYE HE WENT HOME CALLED BACK TO REPORT DUST IN EYE EMPLOYEE WENT TO PAULDING MEMORIAL CENTER WHERE IT WAS DI AGNOSED HE HAD FOREIGN OBJECT IN CORNEA HE WAS REFERED TO MARIETTA EYE CLINIC THE NEXT DAY FOR FOLLOW-UP

1992 · 1 incident

July 2, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRAINING A SMALL TANK AT SPRAY DRYER. AS HE CLIMBED DOWN LADDER, HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON BOTTOM RUNG INJURING HIS ANKLE. PULLED LIGAMENTS REQUIRING A CAST.

1990 · 2 incidents

May 10, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING UP UNDER JAW CRUSHER AND HE STATES THAT A ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE HEAD. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING HARD HAT AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT.

January 18, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING BERAING FROM SCREEN. BEARING FELL AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT FOOT, BRUSING INSTEP OF RIGHT FOOT. EMPLOYEE DID NOT FEEL HE WAS HURT ENOGH TO SEE A DOCTOR BUT HE DID SEE ONE AND HIS FOOT WAS BROKEN.

1988 · 1 incident

March 14, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING TRUCK #RD-25 & BACKED TRUCK OFF IN FEEDER EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO DOC.COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN DIAGNOSIS OF EMPLOYEE WAS CONSTUSION TO MIDBACK EMPLOYEE WAS TOLD HE COULD RET URN TO WORK THE SAME DAY WITH LIGHT DUTY WITH NO LIFTING OVER 20#

1987 · 3 incidents

June 9, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS SH2VELING UNDER A BELT AND A ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE BACK.

March 26, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DO3NG MAINTENANCE WORK ON THE SHOVEL (HFS-3) AND HAD BEEN DOING SO ALL DAY ANDTHERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF OIL BEING ON THE MACHINE, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO SLIP AND FALL, WHICH RESULTE D IN STRAINED 5OWER BACK, PULLED MUSCLES ANS A DISLOCATED SHOULDER. IF OTHE INJURIES, THEY AREA UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

March 5, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL LIFTING 403LB BAG OF ROCK SAMPLES AND INJURED HER BACK.

1986 · 2 incidents

May 8, 1986 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING LOADER AND STATES THE FAN IN LOADER BLEW A ROCK IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

April 15, 1986 GA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS WORKING 2N CRUSHER & PUSHED DOWN ON SHAFT WITH PIPE WRENCH THEREFORE INJURING BACK.

1984 · 4 incidents

September 20, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Fall from machine

STEPPED IN OIL AND SLIPPED WHEN GETTING OUT OF TRUCK.

June 27, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING TRUCK UNDER BIN WHEN ANOTHER TRUCK BACKED INTO HIM.

June 25, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING GRAVEL AND TWISTED THE WRONG WAY AND HURT HIS BACK AND HIS LEFT LEG.

1983 · 3 incidents

October 13, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING ROCK OUT OF TAIL PULLEY AND HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON AN IRON BAR

June 29, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON CABLE TO TRY TO KEEP THE WEDGE FROM GOING INTO CRUSHER. HE HURT HIS BACK.

March 12, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE USED HIS KNEE TO SUPPORT HIS WEIGHT OUT OF THE CRUSHER.

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