Sunset Quarries safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections.
Safety activity
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
8.3 on-site hours reported
Berms or guardrails.
30 CFR 56.9300(a) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $883.00 proposed penalty
Parking procedures for unattended equipment.
30 CFR 56.14207 · $177.00 proposed penalty
Disorders (repeated trauma)
Occupatnal illness not deg 1-6
Accident narrative
Employee was drilling with trim drill and manually removing and handling 14-foot drill steel following drilling operation. Employee returned to work with restrictions, no lost time, no lost wages.
Compliance Follow-up Inspection
0.0 on-site hours reported
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
10.5 on-site hours reported
Testing grounding systems.
30 CFR 56.12028 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Horns and backup alarms.
30 CFR 56.14132(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Safety defects; examination, correction and records.
30 CFR 56.14100(d) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Requirement for container labels.
30 CFR 47.41(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Machinery
Days away from work only
Accident narrative
Employee was trimming excess aluminum honey comb off of panels using 10lb Sawzall. Process involves a lot of bending, twisting which caused back strain. Injury was not reported until 8/21/25 when they were treated for back strain.
Electrical conductors.
30 CFR 56.12004 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Audiometric test procedures.
30 CFR 62.171(b)(1) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Follow-up corrective measures when a standard threshold shift is detected.
30 CFR 62.174 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Notification of results; reporting requirements.
30 CFR 62.175(b) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Housekeeping.
30 CFR 56.20003(b) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Stationary grinding machines.
30 CFR 56.14115(b) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
16.0 on-site hours reported
Other
All other cases (incl 1st aid)
Accident narrative
Employee's annual audiometric test determined EE has a Standard Threshold Shift (STS) in EE's left ear.
Disorders (repeated trauma)
Occupatnal illness not deg 1-6
Accident narrative
Employee's annual hearing test determined they have a Standard Threshold Shift in their right ear.
Other
All other cases (incl 1st aid)
Accident narrative
Employee's annual audiometric test determined EE has a Standard Threshold Shift (STS) in EE's left ear.
Sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date) and Inspections (begin date).
Violation titles use current CFR headings to identify the cited rule; they are not the inspector’s account of what happened.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.