Mining Incidents

Wolman Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Laurel, Sussex County, DE  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0700112

Wolman has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $755 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2018–2025
Latest incident
Jul 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
12
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,752
proposed penalties
$997
paid to date
57% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $755 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
17
inspections on record
216
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: 216 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wolman has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $755 outstanding across 1 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$997
paid to date
$755
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-28.
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 6,101 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,411 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,853 2 0 291.8
2025 Q1 6,526 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,451 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,270 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 6,653 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 6,508 0 0 0.0
Show 25 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 6,436 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 6,886 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,667 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 6,667 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,349 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,789 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 6,092 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 6,162 1 0 162.3
2021 Q4 6,814 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,852 1 0 145.9
2021 Q2 7,135 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 6,960 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 7,597 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 8,010 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,815 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 6,980 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 8,937 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 8,531 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7,796 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5,134 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,685 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,884 1 0 346.7
2018 Q2 1,618 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,223 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 883 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2025 · 1 incident

2022 · 1 incident

August 5, 2022 DE · 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

Right hand became pinched between the drum and the top of the winch frame while replacing swing winch on dredge.

2021 · 1 incident

March 11, 2021 DE · 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 got metal in EE's eye while grinding on a guard

2018 · 1 incident

April 4, 2018 DE · 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

Employees were assembling a dredge ladder on site. While bolting the two sections together EE reached down for additional bolts placing EE's left thumb between the flanges. While the crane was holding one section the wind shift the load enough to smash EE's thumb, resulting in a laceration and fracture.

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