Struck against a moving object
Employee was fatally injured when the haul truck employee was operating drove off the haul road and fell into the quarry pit below
Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLCOperator
Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
MSHA Operator ID: L16897
- Fatalities
- 3
- Total incidents
- 318
- Mines on record
- 32
- Years on record
- 2000–2026
Safety benchmark
Recorded fatalities relative to other operators with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 739 operators with at least one recorded fatality.
More recorded fatalities than 89% of operators on file.
Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.
This operator
3
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- CAM Mining LLC3fatal321 total
- Heidelberg Materials, Southeast Agg., LLCthis operator3fatal318 total
- Lhoist North America of Alabama, LLC2fatal315 total
- Nally and Hamilton Enterprises, Inc2fatal314 total
- Graymont (PA) Inc.1fatal316 total
Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA operators with at least one recorded fatality. Industry mean is the average across that same population. Peers are sampled by closest total-incident count, regardless of fatality outcome.
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Top causes
- MACHINERY1 fatality · 29 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 26 non-fatal
- IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS100 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON58 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)55 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
1
2025
10
2024
19
2023
6
2022
12
2021
4
2020
5
2019
10
2018
8
2017
6
2016
6 (1f)
2015
7
2014
13 (1f)
2013
5
2012
4
2011
9
2010
18
2009
12
2008
15
2007
26
2006
25
2005
28
2004
20
2003
25 (1f)
2002
16
2001
2
2000
6
Mines on record
- Alexander CityAL
- Opelika QuarryAL
- Athens QuarryGA
- Gainesville QuarryGA
- Toccoa QuarryGA
- Lithonia/Pine Mountain QuarryGA
- Habersham QuarryGA
- Fayette County QuarryGA
- Monroe County QuarryGA
- CartersvilleGA
- Sparta QuarryGA
- Walton Co. QuarryGA
- NEVERSON QUARRYNC
- PRINCETON QUARRYNC
- Crabtree QuarryNC
- Raleigh QuarryNC
- Elliott Sand & GravelNC
- ROCKY MOUNT QUARRYNC
- Gardner QuarryNC
- Senter Sand & GravelNC
- Rougemont QuarryNC
- HOLLY SPRINGS QUARRYNC
- Marlboro Sand & GravelSC
- BREWER SANDSC
- JEFFERSON QUARRYSC
- ANDERSON QUARRYSC
- Lowrys QuarrySC
- Sandy Flat QuarrySC
- Pelham QuarrySC
- SUPPORT SERVICESSC
- Greenwood QuarrySC
- Clinton QuarrySC
Fatalities under this operator
3 recordedStruck by flying object
The employee was present while two contract workers were performing a repair on a centrifugal water pump. During the repair, an explosion occurred. Heat may have been applied during the repair. The employee suffered fatal injuries.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
TIRE SERVICE TECH WAS POSITIONING A 50 TON DUMP TRUCK TIRE WHEN THE TIRE FELL FROM THE BOOM CLAMP TRAPPING TECH BETWEEN TIRE AND BOOM TRUCK BED AND FRAME. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BOOM TRUCK BUT FA TALLY INJURING THE TIRE TECH. THE AREA WAS AN OPEN FIELD AREA, WEATHER WAS CLEAR, AREA WAS DRY, DAYLIGHT HOURS.