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Sunset Quarry: 49 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Sunset Quarry LLC · Surface
Sumner, Pierce County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503422

Sunset Quarry has $4K 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
5
Years on record
2003–2007
Latest incident
Jan 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
49
citations
9
significant & substantial
$4,004
proposed penalties
$4,004
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Sunset Quarry LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
33
inspections on record
425
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: 425 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sunset Quarry has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-01-18.
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.
18.4%
significant & substantial
6.1%
high negligence or reckless
18.4%
reasonably likely or greater
38.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.0% low, 91.8% moderate, 6.1% 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: 2017-03-16, 9 years ago
20%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz51 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2001-03-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 3.03 0.65 4.66 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-03-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-03-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-02-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.91 0.34 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-06-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-06-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-03-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 1.37 0.20 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-03-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.57 0.09 Truck Driver
2001-03-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.1 0.14 Backhoe 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.

Sunset Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.

Injury rate, 2001
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.48 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In Washington, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 7.14 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.
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. C Wyss & Son Llc 2000 to 2004
  2. Sunset Quarry LLC 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 3
2017 1
2016 2
2014 0
2013 0
2012 0
2011 0
2010 3
2009 7
2008 8
2007 9
2006 8
2005 9
2004 7
2003 7
2002 9
2001 15
2000 14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Sunset Quarry sits in Pierce County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Pierce County, Washington · Population 924,106
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$96,632
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
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
Show 55 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q4 966 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 64 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,799 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,746 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,282 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,935 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,236 1 1 309.0
2008 Q4 3,090 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,955 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,812 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,109 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,758 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,492 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,074 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,870 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,296 1 0 303.4
2006 Q3 4,018 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,882 3 0 772.8
2006 Q1 4,454 1 0 224.5
2005 Q4 4,570 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,218 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,881 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,515 8 0 1771.9
2004 Q4 4,359 4 2 917.6
2004 Q3 3,774 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,327 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,458 4 1 1627.3
2003 Q4 5,075 5 0 985.2
2003 Q3 5,048 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,374 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,633 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,718 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,554 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,567 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,021 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,727 2 0 349.2
2001 Q3 7,257 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,047 2 2 330.7
2001 Q1 3,997 1 1 250.2
2000 Q4 5,447 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,915 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,450 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,648 11 1 3015.4
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
C Wyss & Son Llc · -

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.