Mechanic reported being bitten by a wasp on EE's left wrist during a hooper area inspection. The following day, the employee presented with redness and swelling. Medical attention was sought, and antibiotics were prescribed.
Sanger Plant Metal/Non-Metal
Sanger Plant has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 32
- Years on record
- 1984–2026
- Latest incident
- Apr 2026
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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.Sanger Plant has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
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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.ⓘ
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 12,584 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 14,002 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 15,555 | 2 | 0 | 128.6 |
| 2025 Q1 | 14,690 | 1 | 0 | 68.1 |
| 2024 Q4 | 14,187 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 15,404 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 14,452 | 9 | 1 | 622.8 |
| 2024 Q1 | 14,795 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 16,995 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 17,994 | 6 | 1 | 333.4 |
| 2023 Q2 | 17,929 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 17,667 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 15,730 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 18,661 | 2 | 0 | 107.2 |
| 2022 Q2 | 17,713 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 16,872 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 16,396 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 19,758 | 4 | 0 | 202.4 |
| 2021 Q2 | 18,815 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 19,528 | 1 | 0 | 51.2 |
| 2020 Q4 | 17,359 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 16,119 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 16,491 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 19,209 | 1 | 0 | 52.1 |
| 2019 Q4 | 17,890 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 16,908 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 17,451 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 16,161 | 2 | 0 | 123.8 |
| 2018 Q4 | 15,409 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 18,346 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 20,953 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 20,541 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 18,392 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 19,756 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 14,470 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 15,010 | 2 | 0 | 133.2 |
| 2016 Q4 | 14,952 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 18,609 | 1 | 0 | 53.7 |
| 2016 Q2 | 17,328 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 15,944 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 13,519 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 14,700 | 1 | 0 | 68.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 14,485 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 13,840 | 1 | 0 | 72.3 |
| 2014 Q4 | 14,350 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 15,760 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 15,337 | 2 | 1 | 130.4 |
| 2014 Q1 | 15,041 | 6 | 0 | 398.9 |
| 2013 Q4 | 14,080 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 15,012 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 14,593 | 1 | 1 | 68.5 |
| 2013 Q1 | 11,644 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 12,593 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 14,122 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 12,819 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 12,821 | 3 | 2 | 234.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 13,464 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 15,539 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 15,973 | 3 | 1 | 187.8 |
| 2011 Q1 | 12,486 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 11,592 | 3 | 1 | 258.8 |
| 2010 Q3 | 14,273 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 11,468 | 6 | 1 | 523.2 |
| 2010 Q1 | 12,247 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 11,842 | 7 | 1 | 591.1 |
| 2009 Q3 | 12,980 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 13,794 | 4 | 1 | 290.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 13,583 | 7 | 1 | 515.4 |
| 2008 Q4 | 15,129 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 15,759 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 14,308 | 1 | 0 | 69.9 |
| 2008 Q1 | 14,721 | 7 | 2 | 475.5 |
| 2007 Q4 | 13,524 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 13,718 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 13,235 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 12,284 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 11,785 | 1 | 0 | 84.9 |
| 2006 Q3 | 12,616 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 12,928 | 3 | 0 | 232.1 |
| 2006 Q1 | 13,179 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 13,219 | 1 | 0 | 75.6 |
| 2005 Q3 | 13,944 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 13,880 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 12,210 | 1 | 0 | 81.9 |
| 2004 Q4 | 12,296 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 12,842 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 11,541 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 9,661 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 10,503 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 10,275 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 10,116 | 1 | 0 | 98.9 |
| 2003 Q1 | 9,394 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 10,565 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 10,412 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 11,520 | 5 | 1 | 434.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 10,575 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 10,094 | 3 | 1 | 297.2 |
| 2001 Q3 | 11,931 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 11,495 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 10,139 | 1 | 0 | 98.6 |
| 2000 Q4 | 10,930 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 11,542 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 9,029 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 8,695 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
32 on file2026 · 1 incident
2019 · 1 incident
Employee was removing a guard feed box when guard weld broke, and guard swung back onto EE's left thumb resulting in a fracture.
2015 · 1 incident
On 11/19/15, Employee self-procured medical treatment and was prescribed an antibiotic and pain medication for a L-eye corneal abrasion. While he was lying on his back looking up to clean dirt from bolts, dirt fell into his L-eye and caused irritation. He was released to full duty on 11/20/15 by the company assigned physician.
2011 · 1 incident
On 3/2/11, Employee was taken to the company clinic and was diagnosed with second degree burns to both lower legs from the knees to the ankles. The employee was also taken off of work. While the employee was leveling wet concrete, material entered inside the rubber boots resulting in second degree burns.
2008 · 1 incident
The employee went to the hospital on 3/25/08, was placed on restricted duty, and received sutures. The employee was stripping casing from fiber optic cable using a utility knife when the knife slipped and lacerated the right palm of his hand.
2005 · 1 incident
While collecting tools from truck, employee lost footing and fell on L-wrist, causing a strain to L-wrist.
2003 · 2 incidents
EE WENT TO SEE HIS CHIROPRACTOR ON 4-14-03 AND WAS TAKEN OF WORK. ON 4-30-03 HE REPORTED THE INJURY AND WAS TAKEN TO THE COMPANY DOCTOR AND WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY. EE CLAIMS THAT HIS NORMAL JOB DUTIES AGGRAVATED AN OLD BACK INJURY AND CAUSED A STRAIN TO HIS BACK. (ALLEGED)
EE WENT TO SEE COMPANY DR ON 1/17/03 & WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY. WHEN REMOVING TROFFING ROLLERS OFF OLD CONVEYOR, CROSS MEMBER BROKE, EEFELL & STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER (ALLEGED.)
2002 · 5 incidents
EE WENT TO SEE COMPANY PHYSICIAN ON 11-06-02 ANDWAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY. USING A BOLT PATTERN TO MOVE APRON LINER ON HAZEMAG CRUSHER (APPROX 300 POUNDS) EE PUT HIS FINGERS IN PATTERN, PULLED TOO HARD AND STRAINED L-HAND & L-FINGERS
EE WENT TO SEE COMPNAY PHYSICIAN ON 10-16-02 AND WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY. WHEN REPLACING BELLY PAN ON LOADER, EE LIFTED THE PAN UP, STRAINED HIS RIGHT ARM, PAN FELL WHICH CAUSED A BRUISE TO RIGHT HAND.
EE WENT TO SEE COMPANY DR. ON 6/13/02 AND WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY. EE WAS WORKING ON BELT, REMOVING LACING, AND USED A 12X12 BOARD FOR ATABLE. WHEN HE REMOVED THE BOARD, HE SMASHED HIS LT. INDEX FINGER AND CRUSHED IT.
EE WENT TO SEE THE CO DR ON 4-25-02, STITCHES WERE APPLIED AND EE WAS RETURNED TO RESTRICTED DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WENT TO COMPANY CLINIC ON 1/21/02 AND WAS PUT ON RESTRICTED DUTY. WHEN BENDING OVER TO GET A KINK OUT OF THE HOSE, EMPLOYEE STRAINED LOWER BACK.
2000 · 3 incidents
EE WENT TO SEE DR ON 11/9/00 & WASPLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK DUTY. WHEN CHECKING GAUGES ON DISCHARGE POND, EE SLIPPED & TWISTED HIS R ANKLE & FELL ONTO A ROCK WITH LKNEE WHICH HE SPRAINED
EMPLOYEE WENT TO SEE DOCTOR ON 7-20-00 AND WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY. WHIL OPERATING VMC LOADER IN AREA OF STOCK PILE THAT HAD BEEN COMPACTED, IT CREATED A HARD DIGGING SITUATION THEREFORE CAUSING THE LOADER TO BUCK AND ROCK CAUSING STRAIN TO THE LOWER BACK.
WHILE WALKING TO WORK AREA TO REPLACE BEARING, CO-WORKER WELDING AT ADJACENT AREA DROPPED A 3" ANGLE WHICH RICOCHET OFF HAND RAIL AND STRUCK SHIN OF EMPLOYEE WHO WAS WALKING TO WORK AREA.
1999 · 2 incidents
EE WAS CUTTING OFF THE END OF A WATER HOSE. THE KNOFE SLIPPED OFF HOSE AND CUT MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND.
EE HAD RIGHT KNEE PROPPED UP AGAINST METAL PLATETO KEEP HIS BALANCE WHILE RELINING CONE CRUSHER
1997 · 3 incidents
HIT HEAD ON BEAM WHILE BENDING OVER HE FLIPPED A SWITCH TO OPEN THE VALVES ON THE SAN DSORTER. DR SAID IT'S TENDONITIS, NOT FRAM INJURY TO HEAD.
AFTER CUTTING CARDBOARD BOX OPEN WAS CLOSING KNIFE WITH ONE HAND AND BLADE CUT MIDDLE RT FINGER.
REMOVING BATTERY CABLES FROM BATTERY IN EQUIP BOOM TRUCK. BATTERY ACID FROM BATTERY FLEW INTO EYE.
1996 · 1 incident
AFTER GETTING INTO THE COMPANY PICK-UP HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
1994 · 3 incidents
EE WAS FUELING HAUL TRUCK. WHILE MOVING NOZZLE UP TO TRUCK. FUEL HOSE AT WRAPPED AROUND EE S LEGS CAUSING HER TO FALL. EE SUFFERED DRAINED LOWER BACK AND RIGHT FOOT. EE REPORTED INJURY AS FIRS T AID ONLY. HOWEVER ON 10-28-94 SHE REQUEST TO SEE COMPANY DR.
OPERATING ON A TOP SOIL BANK ABOUT HALF THE HEIGHT OF EUCLID. THE BANK GAVE WAY AND EUCLID TIPPED AND HE HIT HEAD.
PICKING UP FEED PLATE FOR J.B. CRUSHER, PULLED A MUSCLE O LEFT SIDE.
1993 · 1 incident
WHILE EATING LUNCH HE COUGHED AND FELT A SHARP PAIN.
1992 · 2 incidents
55964TE FROM ROCK PLANT TO PIT IN EQUIP #9-2001 WHEN STEERING RAM BROKE CAUSING TRUCK TO WANDER TO RIGHT. WHERE IT IMPACTED A BANK AND RIGHT SIDE WHEELS CLIMBED BANK TURNING TRUCK OVER.
95465ING TAIL PULLEY AND IT SLIPPED.
1991 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO JUMP START THE ENGINE OF HIS HAUL TRUCK WITH JUMPER CABLES. HE MOVED THE CABLES AROUND AND THE BATTERY THE CABLES WERE HOOKED UP TO EXPLODED, CAUSING BURNS TO EMPLOY EE'S FACE.
1990 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS STOMACH.
1985 · 1 incident
QUIK CHANGE IN DIRECTION ON MICHIGAN LOADER, POPPED NECK, AND STRAINED BACK.
1984 · 1 incident
SHOVELING MATERIAL
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