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Sumner Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Sumner Sand & Gravel, LLC · Surface

Controlled by Gary Merlino; Don Merlino

Sumner, Pierce County, WA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4502611

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2000–2001
Latest incident: Apr 2001

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$20,802

proposed penalties

$9,618

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q2	1,349	0	0.0
2025 Q1	1,340	1	746.3
2024 Q4	3,205	0	0.0
2024 Q3	2,507	0	0.0
2024 Q2	1,980	0	0.0
2024 Q1	2,036	0	0.0
2023 Q4	2,356	0	0.0
2023 Q3	5,414	1	184.7

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2001 · 2 incidents

April 24, 2001 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

City Transfer Inc · Struck by falling object

EE AND A COWORKER WERE UNLOADING PIECE OF 1/4 PLATE STEEL FROM THE BACK OF A FLAT BED TRUCK. COWORKER LET HIS SIDE DROP TO THE GROUND, EE LOST HIS GRIP AND THE PLATE HIT HIS RT. FOOT BETWEEN T OES AND ANKLE.

January 2, 2001 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

City Transfer Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS HELPING TO SET A STEEL PLATE USED AS A GUARD IN PLACE ON A CONVEYOR. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TOMOVE IT IN PLACE BY PULLING ON IT. AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE A PULLED MUSCLE. A RECENT DOCTOR'S TEST DISCOVERED A ROTATOR CUFFTEAR.

2000 · 1 incident

April 11, 2000 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE

City Transfer Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING TO THE STOCKPILE AND HOT A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY WHICH CAUSED HIM TO SWERVE AND SUDCKED THE LOADER INTO SMALL DRAINAGE DITCH. EE HIT THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD ON THE DOOR WINDOW, CAUSI NG A CUT ON HIS LEFT EAR.