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Rabun Quarry: 65 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Rabun Gap, Rabun County, GA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0900054

Rabun Quarry has $25K 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
19
Years on record
1983–2021
Latest incident
Aug 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
65
citations
7
significant & substantial
$25,316
proposed penalties
$16,619
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,697 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
1,187
inspection hours
5.5
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.
65 citations across 1,187 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rabun Quarry has $25K 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.
$25K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
65 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $16K in penalties contested before the Commission, $7K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-02-10.
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.
10.8%
significant & substantial
3.1%
high negligence or reckless
10.8%
reasonably likely or greater
41.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 21.5% low, 75.4% moderate, 3.1% 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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 8% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 100%
50%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
54%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$16K proposed, $7K 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 2010-04-27.
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 2009-860M Settlement Melick 2012 $16K → $7K
SE 2009-216M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $224 → $100
SE 2009-217M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $200 → $200
SE 2010-698M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $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: 2026-03-13
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
18
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg12
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Fibers, >5um1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (18)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-03-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary
2026-03-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2026-03-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2022-09-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-09-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-09-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2017-11-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-11-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2017-11-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2010-08-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.89 0.17 Lab Technician
2010-08-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Hydrating Plant Operator
2005-12-06 Fibers, >5um 0.01 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-12-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-12-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2003-05-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.67 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-10-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.47 0.47 Truck Driver
2000-10-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2026-03-06
6
samples
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2026-03-06 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2025-03-04 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2023-12-20 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ORE PROCESSING
2023-02-22 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ORE PROCESSING
2022-03-08 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ORE PROCESSING
2021-06-17 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ORE PROCESSING
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.

Rabun 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
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 * 5.53 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. Dalton Rock Products Company 1950 to 1985
  2. Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 21
2025 19
2024 18
2023 17
2022 18
2021 18
2020 16
2019 14
2018 12
2017 11
2016 11
2015 12
2014 13
2013 15
2012 15
2011 15
2010 17
2009 16
2008 16
2007 17
2006 17
2005 19
2004 19
2003 18
2002 19
2001 21
2000 19
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Rabun Quarry sits in Rabun County, Georgia, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Rabun County, Georgia · Population 17,107
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$61,466
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 13,500 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 10,923 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 10,016 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 10,383 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 11,072 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 9,486 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 8,662 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 9,537 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 9,888 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 9,505 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 8,256 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,934 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 9,386 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 9,315 1 0 107.4
2022 Q4 8,574 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 9,110 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 10,215 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 9,561 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 8,721 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 9,187 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 9,340 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 8,905 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 8,228 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 8,973 6 0 668.7
2020 Q2 9,059 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 7,985 2 0 250.5
2019 Q4 7,240 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 9,033 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 8,841 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 8,085 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,626 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,826 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,777 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 7,239 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,844 1 0 206.4
2017 Q3 5,271 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,908 3 0 507.8
2017 Q1 6,403 1 0 156.2
2016 Q4 5,051 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,996 1 0 166.8
2016 Q2 7,072 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 6,306 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,427 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 7,321 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 7,938 2 0 252.0
2015 Q1 6,713 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 7,151 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,031 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 7,581 1 0 131.9
2014 Q1 6,077 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 6,938 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 8,354 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 7,860 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 5,621 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,990 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 7,796 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 7,434 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 7,358 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 7,048 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 8,327 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 8,389 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 7,591 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 6,932 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 7,751 2 0 258.0
2010 Q2 10,010 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 7,036 5 1 710.6
2009 Q4 4,737 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 7,812 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 8,210 5 0 609.0
2009 Q1 6,440 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 8,046 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 9,268 7 0 755.3
2008 Q2 9,833 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 9,577 3 0 313.3
2007 Q4 9,750 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 11,179 1 0 89.5
2007 Q2 11,481 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 10,169 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 10,188 2 0 196.3
2006 Q3 12,064 1 0 82.9
2006 Q2 11,565 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 12,974 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 12,008 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 12,310 1 0 81.2
2005 Q2 11,283 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 12,476 3 1 240.5
2004 Q4 13,151 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 12,077 2 1 165.6
2004 Q2 11,833 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 11,833 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 10,996 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 12,009 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 10,844 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 11,271 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 10,722 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 11,321 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 11,372 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 11,761 1 0 85.0
2001 Q4 11,721 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 14,124 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 12,771 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 13,981 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 12,675 3 0 236.7
2000 Q3 13,020 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 13,320 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 14,046 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

2021 · 2 incidents

August 16, 2021 GA · 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)

Employee lacerated finger while performing maintenance on a hose.

2014 · 1 incident

July 8, 2014 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by flying object

Employee was in the process of removing a belt clamp when a piece of metal struck his arm.

2011 · 1 incident

September 30, 2011 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee had a periodic screening chest x-ray read by two B-readers using the ILO procedures. The x-ray characterized as consistent with pneumoconiosis with readings of 2/1 and 1/1. Damage or impairment cannot be determined solely by reading chest x-ray films. This report is being submitted to satisfy MSHA program policy letter P92-III-2.

2009 · 1 incident

2004 · 1 incident

February 11, 2004 GA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS WELDING ON CRUSHER; SLAG FELL ONTO LEFT BOOT AND WENT IN BETWEEN TONGUE OF BOOT AND DOWN INTO BOOT.

2001 · 1 incident

July 18, 2001 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPENING A GATE EE LIFTED THE 1 1/2" TUBING TO SLIDE UP OR DOWN INSIDE ALLOWING IT TO REST ON TOP OF THE 2" TUBING. AS HE WAS PUSHING THE GATE OPEN THE 1 1/2" TUBING FELL CATCHING HIS RIG HT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE 2" TUBING AND THE FLAT BAR.

1995 · 1 incident

April 28, 1995 GA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE STEAM JENNY AREA WHEN HE STEPPED IN A HOLEEE AND FELL TO THE SAME LEVEL RESULTING IN AN INJURY TO HIS LEFT KNEE.

1993 · 2 incidents

October 27, 1993 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by flying object

STANDING ON LADDER TAKING BOLTS OUT WITH AIR WRENCH AIR FROM WRENCH BLEW CHIP OF PAINT INTO EYE.

July 21, 1993 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ELMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING CRUSHER. HE WAS POSITIONING A HYDRAULIC JACK AND CAUGHT HIS THUMB OF HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE HEAD OF THE JACK AND THE BODY OF THE JACK.

1992 · 1 incident

October 15, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SUPERVISING THE OFF LOADING OF A CRANE WHEN HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A BLOCK OF WOOD 8X8X2 (25 LBS) TO HELP CRIB THE CRANE.

1991 · 1 incident

January 29, 1991 GA · Metal/Non-Metal inspector HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS TRYING TO UNSTOP JAW CRUSHER HE WAS TRYING TO BREAK ROCK LOOSE WITH A HAMMER THE HAMMER SLIPPED OFF ONE ROCK CAUSING ANOTHER ROCK TO FALL DOWN. CATCHING THE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND MIDD LE TO BE PINNED BETWEEN THE HAMMER HANDLE A ROCK

1990 · 1 incident

September 10, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HANDLING BROKEN CABLE AND IT TWISTED, STRIKING HIS FOREARM. THE FRAYED END OF THE CABLE PUNCTURED RIGHT FOREARM.

1989 · 1 incident

March 9, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

HE WAS GREASING BULLGEAR USING CALKING TUBE WHILE MACHINE WAS ENGAGED WHEN GEAR CAUGHT TUBE PULLING TUBE ALONG WITH HIS RIGHT HAND INTO GEAR, REMOVING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND AND CRUSHING BONES U P TO HIS WRIST.

1987 · 2 incidents

September 30, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON WATER LINE AND SCREEN

August 31, 1987 GA · 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 CL3MBING ONTO DOZER THE TRACKS WERE WET HE SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARD HITTING HIS HEAD AND LEFT LEG ON BUMPER OF TOOL TRK

1986 · 1 incident

February 19, 1986 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TR2ING TO PRY CRUSHER LINER WITH BAR. BAR SLIPPED FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN LINER AND METAL.

1985 · 1 incident

April 29, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Dalton Rock Products Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

I,NAME WAS OPERATING A D8K DOZER WHEN THE HYDRUCLIC HOSE BUSTED SHOOTING HOT 10WT (CHEVRON) OIL ACORSS THE EXHAUST SYSTEM CAUSING FLAMES TO SHOOT ON I,NAME & THE DOZER.

1983 · 1 incident

March 30, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dalton Rock Products Company · Fall from machine

EMP WAS TRYING TO UNTANGLE CABLE ON SHOVEL BUCKET SLIPPED AND FELL OFF SHOVEL BUCKET LANDED ON GROUND ON HIS BACK