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Sun Minerals, LLC: 60 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Sun Minerals, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Marvin D Bryant Jr
Sun, Washington County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601293

Sun Minerals, LLC has $8K 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
12
Years on record
1997–2008
Latest incident
May 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
60
citations
10
significant & substantial
$8,153
proposed penalties
$8,153
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Sun Minerals, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
47
inspections on record
584
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 584 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sun Minerals, LLC has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
60 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-01-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
16.7%
significant & substantial
5.0%
high negligence or reckless
16.7%
reasonably likely or greater
36.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 23.3% low, 71.7% moderate, 5.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2016-11-29, 9 years ago
35%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
29
samples
17
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz176 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (29)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2016-11-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.18 2.11 Bagging Operator
2016-11-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 0.17 3.41 Warehouse Man
2009-08-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.18 1.33 Lab Technician
2009-07-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.74 0.17 4.35 Lab Technician
2003-03-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.21 1.52 Forklift Operator
2000-10-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.21 1.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.36 0.33 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.18 0.72 Bagging Operator
2015-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Pelletizer Operator
2015-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2013-01-31 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-01-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2013-01-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2010-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.25 0.64 Bagging Operator
2009-09-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2009-07-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.26 0.50 Bagging Operator
2008-05-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.27 0.59 Bagging Operator
2008-05-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.32 0.63 Bagging Operator
2007-02-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.84 0.14 Utility Man
2007-02-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2006-03-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.33 0.88 Warehouse Man
2006-03-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.23 0.91 Warehouse Man
2003-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0.11 Forklift Operator
2003-03-06 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.7 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-03-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2003-03-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2003-03-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.95 0.25 Bagging Operator
2000-10-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.16 0.81 Forklift Operator
2000-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

Sun Minerals, LLC recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2012.

Injury rate, 2012
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.48 and the all-US-mining average was 2.96 cases per 100 workers.
In Louisiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.30 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2009 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 6.91 0.00 0.000
2007 * 7.53 7.53 0.000
2006 * 7.93 0.00 0.000
2002 * 19.07 9.53 0.000
2000 * 18.90 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Texas Industries 1995 to 2005
  2. TXI Operations LP 2005 to 2005
  3. Sun Minerals LLC 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2017 7
2016 8
2015 8
2014 8
2013 6
2012 8
2011 8
2010 7
2009 10
2008 12
2007 11
2006 11
2005 8
2004 7
2003 8
2002 9
2001 10
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Sun Minerals, LLC sits in Washington Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 1.7% 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.
Washington Parish, Louisiana · Population 45,238
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$42,776
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
2017 Q1 2,499 2 2 800.3
2016 Q4 4,047 2 1 494.2
2016 Q3 4,399 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,939 1 0 253.9
2016 Q1 4,370 2 0 457.7
2015 Q4 4,838 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,958 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,402 4 0 908.7
Show 61 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q1 4,287 3 0 699.8
2014 Q4 4,413 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,621 2 0 432.8
2014 Q2 4,674 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,670 3 0 817.4
2013 Q4 5,166 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,044 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,620 2 1 552.5
2013 Q1 3,444 1 0 290.4
2012 Q4 3,852 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,856 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 6,222 3 0 482.2
2012 Q1 6,340 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 6,126 3 0 489.7
2011 Q3 6,289 1 1 159.0
2011 Q2 5,921 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,103 5 0 1218.6
2010 Q4 4,360 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,266 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,872 1 0 258.3
2010 Q1 1,951 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,038 1 0 490.7
2009 Q3 5,805 9 1 1550.4
2009 Q2 6,655 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 7,320 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 7,345 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,339 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 7,479 2 0 267.4
2008 Q1 6,794 4 0 588.8
2007 Q4 6,772 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,781 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,976 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,046 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,834 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,299 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,298 1 1 158.8
2006 Q1 5,803 1 1 172.3
2005 Q4 4,200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,117 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,837 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,105 4 1 974.4
2004 Q4 4,051 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,179 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,626 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,261 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,864 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,381 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,577 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,049 1 0 198.1
2002 Q4 4,965 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,500 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,657 1 0 176.8
2002 Q1 4,856 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,682 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,475 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,695 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,364 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,596 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,703 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,257 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,603 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2008 · 1 incident

May 2, 2008 LA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sun Minerals LLC · Struck by falling object

Forkllift operator was unloading pallets from the delivery trailer. The driver walked up to stow his tarp straps in the bin, Some pallets shifted and fell, striking EE on the head and foot.

2007 · 1 incident

July 19, 2007 LA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sun Minerals LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE and co-worker were removing some old discharge pipes from the screening deck. EE made his 1st cut and handed the torch to co-worker to walk around the other side. When he walked around the pipe, he stepped in a hole where a 6 inch pipe had been cut out the evening before. When he stepped into the hole he twisted his ankle and fell against a hummer shaker.

2006 · 1 incident

February 3, 2006 LA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Sun Minerals LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was working as a loader operator when they called him to came help because the bags were hanging up on the rollers. While he was checking the palletizer, operator automatically hit the door closure switch trapping his foot under the bar. This resulted in a hairline fracture to one of his toes.

2002 · 2 incidents

April 20, 2002 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Texas Industries · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WORKING ON THE COOLER. AS HE EXITED THE COOLER HE HAD HIS FOOT BRACED ON A PIPE. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL.

March 25, 2002 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Texas Industries · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS USING A 2 LB. SLEDGE HAMMER TO GET THE TAIL PULLEY OUT OF THE VARIABLE SPEED BELT. THE END CAME OFF THE HAMMER AND THE MOMENTUM CAUSED HIS FINGER TO HIT THE END OF THE TAIL PULLEY. THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND WAS MASHED & LACERACTED. IT REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.

2001 · 1 incident

June 25, 2001 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Texas Industries · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A CAADIAN GOSLING HAD A PIECE OF PLASTIC MESH TANGLED AROUND HIS BEAK. INJURED CAUGHT THE GOSLING WITH 2 CO-WORKERS AND REMOVED THE MEST. IN THE PROCESS INJURED TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

2000 · 2 incidents

November 8, 2000 LA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Texas Industries · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PULLING ON HIS POCKET KNIFE TRYING TO CUTTHE STRINGS ON THE DECORATION. THE KNIFE SLIPPED& STUCK HIS LEFT FOREARM REQUIRED STITCHES RETURNED TO FULL DUTY SAME AFTERNOON

July 27, 2000 LA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec MACHINERY
Texas Industries · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS ADJUSTING THE BAG DISCHARGER ON THE 787 FORCE FLOW VALVE PACKER TO ACCOMODATE 50 LBS BAGS. AS HE REACHED DOWN HE SLIPPED HIS RIGHT THUMB WENT UNDER THE BAG DISCHARGER AND HIS RIGHT SHOU LDER HIT THE START BUTTON.T HE BAG DISCHARGER CLOSE ON HIS THUMB. THE RELEASE BUTTON WAS PUSHED 3-5 SECONDS LATER. HIS THUMB WAS SEVERLY LACERATED.

1999 · 3 incidents

September 7, 1999 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Texas Industries · Unclassified, insufficient data

NO NARRATIVE

May 13, 1999 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Texas Industries · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS REACHING INSIDE THE COOLER DISCHARGE, HOLDING UP A PIECE OF RUBBER SO IT COULD BE BOLTED IN.

February 1, 1999 LA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Texas Industries · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE AND COWORKER WERE FINISHING UP A REPAIR TO THE DRYER DRUM. THEY HAD PLACED 2 2X10 ABOUT 2" OFF THE GROUND TO PUT THEIR TOOLS ON. EE WAS COMING DOWN THE LADDER AND HE PUT ONE FOOT ON THE BOA RDS TO PICK UP A NUT. AT THE SAME TIME COWORKER STEPPED ONTO THE BOARD TO PICK UP A WRENCH. THE BOARD BROKE. EE'S WEIGHT SHIFTED AND HIS FOOT SLID DOWN,HIT THE CEMENT & BROKE THE SMALL BONE I

1997 · 1 incident

August 17, 1997 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Texas Industries · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WE WERE FINISHING JOB. CHAIN HAD A KINK IN IT. WE KNEW IF WE STARTED THE EQUIPMENT THE CHAIN WOULD BREAK. W/EQUIPMENT LOCKED OUT, WE MANUALLY BACKED KINK OUT. EE WAS COMING DOWN LADDER & REACH ED TO BRING DOWN A PIPE WRENCH. THE TOP OF WRENCH DROPPED DOWN & CAUGHT SHAFT. SAND CAUSED DRUM TO ROTATE DOWN & SHAFT WAS TURNING. WRENCH CAUGHT ON SHAFT & WENT THROUGH(INTO) HAND BREAKING I