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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) February 14, 2011
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
 
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
North Carolina
 
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
     
1-12744   56-1848578
     
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
2710 Wycliff Road, Raleigh, North Carolina   27607
     
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
(919) 781-4550
 
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 8.01   Other Events.
On each of February 14, 2011 and February 16, 2011, the Corporation received an imminent danger order issued by the Mine Safety and Health Administration under section 107(a) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 at its Lemon Springs quarry in Sanford, North Carolina. Each of the orders were issued when a contract truck driver exited his truck on quarry property, propped open his truck’s tailgate with a hammer, inserted his upper torso between the tailgate and truck bed and was exposed to the risk of being struck with the tailgate.

 


 

SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC.
 
(Registrant)
 
 
Date: February 17, 2011  By:   /s/ Anne H. Lloyd    
    Anne H. Lloyd,   
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer