Maintenance Employee got their right index finger caught between a roller they were attempting to put in position and the drive gear for the roller.
Sumner Wet Plant Metal/Non-Metal
Sumner Wet Plant has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 18
- Years on record
- 2013–2026
- Latest incident
- Feb 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.Sumner Wet Plant has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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 | 28,894 | 2 | 1 | 69.2 |
| 2025 Q3 | 27,597 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 28,865 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 29,780 | 1 | 0 | 33.6 |
| 2024 Q4 | 30,566 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 30,071 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 28,981 | 2 | 0 | 69.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 29,820 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 29,092 | 1 | 0 | 34.4 |
| 2023 Q3 | 30,246 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 32,204 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 30,764 | 1 | 0 | 32.5 |
| 2022 Q4 | 30,447 | 1 | 0 | 32.8 |
| 2022 Q3 | 29,932 | 5 | 3 | 167.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 27,701 | 2 | 0 | 72.2 |
| 2022 Q1 | 35,208 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 27,313 | 7 | 2 | 256.3 |
| 2021 Q3 | 29,368 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 29,507 | 2 | 1 | 67.8 |
| 2021 Q1 | 30,616 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 29,768 | 3 | 0 | 100.8 |
| 2020 Q3 | 31,119 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 31,044 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 34,181 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 34,948 | 2 | 0 | 57.2 |
| 2019 Q3 | 39,171 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 35,195 | 5 | 0 | 142.1 |
| 2019 Q1 | 25,787 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 35,173 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 45,779 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 46,957 | 1 | 1 | 21.3 |
| 2018 Q1 | 43,745 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 34,289 | 2 | 0 | 58.3 |
| 2017 Q3 | 36,031 | 2 | 2 | 55.5 |
| 2017 Q2 | 34,973 | 4 | 0 | 114.4 |
| 2017 Q1 | 36,106 | 3 | 0 | 83.1 |
| 2016 Q4 | 34,305 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 30,817 | 5 | 2 | 162.2 |
| 2016 Q2 | 35,807 | 7 | 3 | 195.5 |
| 2016 Q1 | 32,221 | 3 | 1 | 93.1 |
| 2015 Q4 | 27,931 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 31,820 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 32,092 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 30,525 | 4 | 4 | 131.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 25,001 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 26,730 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 24,845 | 1 | 0 | 40.2 |
| 2014 Q1 | 13,367 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 14,726 | 3 | 0 | 203.7 |
| 2013 Q3 | 7,842 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 882 | 1 | 0 | 1133.8 |
Reportable incidents
18 on file2026 · 1 incident
2018 · 2 incidents
Miner was walking through the plant - Reached to open door into the floc room - left leg slipped from underneath EE causing EE to land on the right patella (knee).
We were contracted to change tires on a 844 John Deere loader. In the process of jacking the equipment up - the blocking and jack failed causing the loader to shift downward and the employee was struck by the loader frame.
2017 · 1 incident
Miner was coming down a flight of stairs - quickly and skipping steps. Miner caught foot on the bottom last couple steps and fell hitting miner's head.
2016 · 4 incidents
Employee was shoveling sand onto a conveyor belt. Employee was cleaning underneath the conveyor. As ee was lifting the sand to put on the conveyor ee felt left shoulder pop. This causing pain in shoulder.
Miner was replacing a valve that was worn out using an adjustable wrench. Miner had 4 bolts to remove - upon EE's last bolt to remove the valve dropped causing a laceration on EE's left forearm.
While changing bucket teeth a metal fragment struck Miner's arm.
While wheeling a 5" roller into place for as a replacement part for a belt press the roller came off the cart causing the individuals finger to be caught between the roller and floor grating. The individual suffered a break in the middle finger.
2015 · 6 incidents
While operating a haul truck the individuals tires slipped into a rut causing his head and neck to have a whiplash type effect.
While setting up water pumps in the mine the individual stepped on unleveled ground casing the individual to twist his knee.
The individual was clearing material from the scalping tower location. While doing this clearing the individual attempted to pick up a large rock to remove it from the area, while lifting this rock it caused the individual back pain.
While reaching for the door handle on the quality control lab the individual received a bee sting on his left hand.
The employee was in an Aerial Lift working to clear a troughing roller utilizing a hammer. The equipment was not locked out at the time of incident causing the hammer to be drawn into the troughing roller also drawing the employee's hand in between the belt and roller. The employee received a hand contusion as a result of the incident.
The individual was carrying a 5 gallon fuel can to refill a heater located in the second level of the scalping tower. This individual reports slipping on ice while accessing the tower to refuel the heaters.
2014 · 3 incidents
While working in a Scissor Lift cutting a threaded rod with a reciprocating saw, the saw blade caught causing the saw to kick back impacting the operator's face/upper lip region causing a cut/laceration.
Driver was adjusting tailgate chain and box was slightly raised, chain moved pinching his two fingers.
This individual was cleaning out next to a conveyer when a rock struck him in the back of the neck causing some pain in the shoulder along with numbness in the right arm.
2013 · 1 incident
This individual was walking under a out of service conveyer and ducked to avoid contact with the conveyer the individual used poor body mechanics resulted in a twisting motion causing a minor back strain. This did not cause damage to the mining operation.
The full compliance file on Sumner Wet Plant
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.