# Sunset Quarry

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4503422
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Stone NEC
- **Location:** Pierce, WA
- **Operator:** Sunset Quarry LLC
- **Controller:** Frank  Scarsella; Scott  Corliss
- **Public source rows linked:** 504
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Frank  Scarsella; Scott  Corliss (0046369) → Sunset Quarry LLC (0055817) → Sunset Quarry (4503422)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Clarence  Wyss et al → C Wyss & Son Llc:** 2000-02-01 through 2004-11-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4503422; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeff  Wyss et al → C Wyss & Son Llc:** 2000-02-01 through 2004-11-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4503422; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Scott  Corliss et al → Sunset Quarry LLC:** 2004-11-16 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4503422; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Frank  Scarsella et al → Sunset Quarry LLC:** 2004-11-16 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4503422; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 8
- Interval anomalies: 0
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 301 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 49 violation rows across the full record; 9 carry an S&S flag and $4,004 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 11 samples:** Occupational health samples 11 personal. 1 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 91 employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 33 inspection events and 425 published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 56.1000 — Notification of commencement of operations and closing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-A/section-56.1000
- **30 CFR 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100
- **30 CFR 56.14112 — Construction and maintenance of guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14112
- **30 CFR 56.14101 — Brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14101
- **30 CFR 56.4101 — Warning signs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4101
- **30 CFR 57.14103 — Operators' stations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14103
- **30 CFR 56.11002 — Handrails and toeboards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11002
- **30 CFR 46.6 — Newly hired experienced miner training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-46/section-46.6

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2003-05-03 through 2007-01-17; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-11-30 through 2018-11-30; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 48 rows; 2000-02-02 through 2018-01-18; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 158 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 44 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2000-02-01 through 2004-11-16; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 33 rows; 2000-02-01 through 2018-01-18; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 124 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 26 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Samples:** 11 rows; 2001-03-27 through 2017-03-16; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 49 rows; 2000-02-02 through 2018-01-18; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/sunset-quarry-4503422`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/sunset-quarry-4503422`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4503422/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4503422/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4503422/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`