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Lacon Quarry: 34 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Falkville, Morgan County, AL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0100853

Lacon Quarry has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1985–2008
Latest incident
Nov 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
34
citations
7
significant & substantial
$4,510
proposed penalties
$4,498
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $12 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
72
inspections on record
928
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: 928 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lacon Quarry has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $217 in penalties contested before the Commission, $205 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-11-28.
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.
20.6%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
17.6%
reasonably likely or greater
52.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 5.9% none, 20.6% low, 73.5% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
6%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$217 proposed, $205 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-03-09.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 2010-532M Settlement Lewis 2010 $117 → $105
SE 2010-23M Settlement Gill 2012 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2025-03-21
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
26
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg14
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz10
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (26)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-03-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-03-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-08-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary
2021-08-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2021-08-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2017-07-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2017-07-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2010-07-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-07-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.41 10 0.04 Building Repair/Maint.
2010-07-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-07-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-07-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-05-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Utility Man
2005-05-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-05-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.29 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-05-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.8 2.5 0.32 Truck Driver
2004-05-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.39 10 0.04 Truck Driver
2004-05-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-05-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.43 10 0.04 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2003-07-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2003-07-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 2.24 0.11 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-07-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-07-31 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2003-07-31 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Truck Driver
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.

Lacon Quarry 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 Alabama, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.52 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. Trinity Quarries Inc 1950 to 1981
  2. Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 12
2025 17
2024 18
2023 20
2022 17
2021 13
2020 13
2019 12
2018 10
2017 11
2016 10
2015 11
2014 13
2013 13
2012 13
2011 14
2010 11
2009 11
2008 12
2007 13
2006 13
2005 13
2004 13
2003 16
2002 16
2001 21
2000 17
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Lacon Quarry sits in Morgan County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Morgan County, Alabama · Population 123,742
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$64,858
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 7,638 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 6,680 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 5,990 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,314 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 9,303 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 11,056 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 10,190 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 9,396 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 9,684 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 9,745 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 9,129 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 10,876 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 12,186 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 12,760 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 10,695 1 0 93.5
2022 Q3 12,422 6 2 483.0
2022 Q2 12,472 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 8,835 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 8,197 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 8,323 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,770 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 7,259 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,739 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 8,779 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,901 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 6,389 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 5,906 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6,316 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7,696 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 6,053 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,388 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,783 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,176 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,786 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,118 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,476 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,295 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,148 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,961 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,789 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,660 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 6,029 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,881 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,770 1 0 173.3
2015 Q2 6,935 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5,765 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 6,425 1 1 155.6
2014 Q3 6,828 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 7,412 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 7,005 1 0 142.8
2013 Q4 6,355 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 7,198 1 0 138.9
2013 Q2 7,292 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 6,936 2 0 288.4
2012 Q4 6,686 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 7,338 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 7,211 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 7,882 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 6,814 2 0 293.5
2011 Q3 7,599 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,240 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 7,717 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 7,874 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 8,015 1 0 124.8
2010 Q2 7,131 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 5,817 2 1 343.8
2009 Q4 5,045 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,461 1 0 154.8
2009 Q2 6,266 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 6,374 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,327 1 0 158.1
2008 Q3 7,329 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 8,047 2 0 248.5
2008 Q1 7,989 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 7,639 1 0 130.9
2007 Q3 8,247 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 8,547 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 9,080 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 8,984 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 10,627 1 0 94.1
2006 Q2 9,331 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 9,842 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 9,120 3 0 328.9
2005 Q3 10,930 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 9,744 1 0 102.6
2005 Q1 10,922 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 11,388 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 12,683 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 11,435 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 11,397 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 10,526 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 12,798 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 12,202 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 9,097 1 0 109.9
2002 Q4 8,818 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 8,633 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 9,331 5 3 535.8
2002 Q1 7,106 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 7,159 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 7,436 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,178 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 8,669 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 7,986 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 9,832 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 9,505 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 9,488 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2008 · 1 incident

November 25, 2008 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall from machine

Employees were removing empty oil drums from service truck. Injured employee was stepping down from bed onto bumper step. As he was stepping down form the bumper, his foot slipped and he fell to the ground landing on his hand.

2006 · 1 incident

October 13, 2006 AL · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee and co-worker were attempting to load a full acetylene bottle onto the racks of the boom truck. Injured employee was lifting the bottom of the bottle when he heard his back pop.

2003 · 1 incident

April 28, 2003 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING ROCK BUILD UP FROM UNDER FEED TUBE. THE TUBE WAS RAISED UP TO CLEAN ROCK FROM TOP OF ADJUSTMENT RING COVER. THE TUBE WAS HOOKED TO BOOM TRUCK WITH 2 WAY SPREADER CHAINS. WHEN ANOTHER EE CLEARED A ROCK THE TUBE ROCKED FORWARD AND STRUCK EE'S LEG, PINNING HIS LEG BETWEEN FEED TUBE AND ADJUSTMENT RING COVER.

2001 · 2 incidents

December 18, 2001 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by flying object

EE HAD WORKED IN THE WELDING SHOP GRINDING ON A PIECE OF STEEL. HE HAD ALSO WELDED FLANGES ON 8"PIPE. EE LEFT WORK AT 4:30PM. AROUND 9:00PM LT. EYE STARTED TO HURT BAD ENOUGH THAT EE FELT HE NEEDED TO GO TO E.R. DR. REMOVED A PIECE OF METAL FROM LT. EYE.

August 1, 2001 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

WHILE TOSSING A WRENCH TO ANOTHER VULCAN EE ABOVE HIS HEAD, INJURED EE STATED THAT HE PULLED OR STRAINED HIS KNEE. EE WAS INSTALLING USED SECTION OF CONVEYOR.

1999 · 2 incidents

August 3, 1999 AL · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS PUTTING V-BELTS ON SCREEN, RIGHT PINKY AND RING FINGER ROLLED BETWEEN V-BELT AND SHEAVES ON PULLEY.

May 26, 1999 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING STEPS OF CAT TRUCK HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEP AND HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH RIGHT ARM. DISLOCATED RIGHT SHOULDER.

1998 · 1 incident

October 3, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against stationary object

USING TOOLS (KNIFE) IMPROPERLY. WHILE TUBING DRILL HOLES WITH CARDBOARD SLEEVE, LOST FOOTING ON LOOSE MATERIAL CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON OPEN KNIFE BLADE.

1996 · 1 incident

March 4, 1996 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall from machine

EE JUMPED FROM THE BACK OF A TRUCK CAUSING HIS TO STRAIN A GROIN MUSCLE. HE ALSO INJURED HIS ELBOW DURING THIS TIME.

1995 · 1 incident

February 27, 1995 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CUTTING TRIM FOR LAB IN SHOP, KNIFE WAS SHARP AND EE WAS PULLING KNIFE NOT PUSHING AWAY FROM HIM. KNIFE PULLED THROUGH WOOD AND INTO HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER.

1994 · 2 incidents

October 11, 1994 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS GETTING THE CORRECT SIZE WIRE SCREEN CLOTH ON 2ND DEKC OF THE #3 SCREEN. HE MOVED THE EXCESS WIRE INT HE ROCK TO CLEAR PATH TO REMOVE HIS WIRE AND OTHE RWIRE FELL ON HIM CAUSING O AN ABRASION.

September 29, 1994 AL · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Flash burns (welding)

TWO WELDERS WERE WELDING IN THE AREA & THE EMPLOYEE MUST HAVE GOTTEN REFLECTED LIGHT BURN HIS EYES WERE BOTHERING HIM NEXT DAY SO HE WENT TO MD

1986 · 1 incident

May 2, 1986 AL · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A NEW "2" DIAME7ER GRINDING WHEEL INSTALLED IN A HAND HELD AIR DRIVES GRINDER CAME APART WHEN INTIALLY STARTED. FRAGMENT OF THE WHEEL STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN UPPER RIGHT CHEST CAUSING LACERATION.

1985 · 2 incidents

May 2, 1985 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO S TRAIGHTEN STEEL HYD. LINE ON ALLIED 2012 ROCK BREAKER, WHICH WAS RRIMPED WHILE ATTACHED TO CRANE BY SPREADER CHAIN WHILE IN PROCESS. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO HEAT TH E LINE WHITHA TORCH, WHEN SUFFICIENT HEAT HAD BEEN APPLIED THE EMPLOYEE TOOK HOLD OF THE LINE TO STRAIGHTEN AND FLUID CAME OUT WITH FIRE IN EMPLOYEES FACE.

February 22, 1985 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS WASHING OUT BUILT UP MATERIAL UNDER #8 CONVEYOR TAIL PULLEY. HE WAS DOWN ON HIS KNEES WASHING OUT THE MATERIAL FROM UNDER THE TAIL PULLEY. THE STOCK TRUCK WAS BACKING UNDER BINS TO LO AD OUT MATERIAL. THE EMPLOYEE STOOD UP THE SAME TIME THE TRUCK WAS ABOUT TO STOP PINNING HIM BETWEEN TRUCK AND CONVEYOR- CONCRETE FOUNDATION OF THE CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED BROKEN R SHOULDER