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Sunset Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Sunset Quarry LLC · Surface

Controlled by Frank Scarsella; Scott Corliss

Sumner, Pierce County, WA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4503422

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 2003–2007
Latest incident: Jan 2007

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$4,004

proposed penalties

$4,004

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	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4	91	0	0	0.0
2018 Q3	1,241	0	0	0.0
2018 Q2	1,300	0	0	0.0
2018 Q1	243	2	0	8230.5
2017 Q4	0	0	0
2017 Q3	0	0	0
2017 Q2	1,105	0	0	0.0
2017 Q1	1,107	2	1	1806.7

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2007 · 1 incident

January 17, 2007 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Sunset Quarry LLC · Fall from piled material

While trying to put a piece of skirt rubber in, employee fell about 2 1/2 feet off side of plant

2005 · 2 incidents

October 17, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Sunset Quarry LLC · Struck against a moving object

WHILE BACKING THE HAUL TRUCK UP THE RAMP TO DUMP PRODUCT OVER BERM FOR THE CRUSHER FEED, THE RIGHT REAR OF THE HAUL TRUCK DROPPED & THE BANK GAVE WAY; CAUSING THE HAUL TRUCK TO TIP OVER. THE TRUCK APPEARED TO HAVE STRUCK THE BERM AT AN ANGLE.

April 21, 2005 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Sunset Quarry LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WALKING FAST AROUND THE END OF PLANT, EE'S LEFT ANKLE GAVE WAY. EE REPORTED THAT HE HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS ANKLE BEFORE, ALL THE WAY BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL.

2004 · 1 incident

July 26, 2004 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT

C Wyss & Son Llc · Struck against stationary object

LOOSE MATERIAL ON WALKWAY SURFACE ON GROUND AROUND CRUSHING PLANT. EE SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE, CAUSING RIGHT KNEE LATERAL-COLLATERAL LIGAMENT SPRAIN - RIGHT KNEE MENISCAL INJURY.

2003 · 1 incident

May 3, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND

C Wyss & Son Llc · No Value Found

INJURED CLAIMED INJURY HAPPENED ON A SATURDAY JOB, BUT WAS NOT TREATED UNTIL TUESDAY. ON MONDAY 5-5-03 HE TOLD TRANSCO EE'S HE WAS HURT AT HOME.CLAIMS HE PULLED ON CONVEYER BELT AND HAD PAIN I N LOW BACK.