Mining Incidents

SCREEN PLANT #1: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Summit Inc · Surface
Controlled by Denton H Merrell
King County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503400

MSHA record for SCREEN PLANT #1 (mine ID 4503400). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1999
Latest incident
Aug 1999
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST20000309M Default Barbour 2000 $831 → $831
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Summit Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 0
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SCREEN PLANT #1 sits in King County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
King County, Washington · Population 2,262,713
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$122,148
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 1,559 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 631 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1999 · 1 incident

August 12, 1999 WA · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Summit Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS PICKING STICKS OFF THE ROCK BELT. TWO ROCKS ROLLED TOGETHER AND SQUEEZED HIS WRIST. AT LUNCHTIME HE SAID HIS WRIST HURT SO WE TOOK HIM TO THE CLINIC TO HAVE IT CHECKED. DOCTOR SAID IT WAS A LIGHT SPRAIN.