The employee was near a screw conveyor on the 3rd floor of the finish mill 2 building. At some point their hand and arm became entangled in the screw conveyor. Emergency response was called immediately and the employee was transported to a hospital. The hospital later reported that the employee passed away.
Giant Cement Company operator
Controlled by
Heidelberg Materials AG
MSHA operator ID: L17329
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,916
citations
380
significant & substantial
$3,358,766
proposed penalties
$2,073,095
paid to date
62% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,285,671 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
312
inspections on record
12,668
inspection hours
15.1
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.1,916 citations across 12,668 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$3.4M
proposed penalties
$2.4M
current assessed
$2.1M
paid to date
$297K
outstanding
1,845 assessments are final orders; 99 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 16 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 90 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 57 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 24 non-fatal
- FIRE 16 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 15 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
6
2025
8
2024
6
2023
6
2022
10 (1f)
2021
13
2020
6
2019
7
2018
10
2017
4
2016
14
2015
12
2014
8
2013
1
2012
9
2011
5
2010
1
2009
16
2008
8
2007
13
2006
11
2005
9
2004
27
2003
13
2002
6
2001
11
2000
9
1999
1
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
1 recorded
July 21, 2022
SC · Metal/Non-Metal
utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator
Fatality · MACHINERY
Giant Cement Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
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