# BLUE BAYOU SAND & GRAVEL LLC

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0301619
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Construction Sand and Gravel
- **Location:** Howard, AR
- **Operator:** Blue Bayou Sand & Gravel, LLC
- **Controller:** John D  Smith
- **Public source rows linked:** 904
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John D  Smith (0125281) → Blue Bayou Sand & Gravel, LLC (0106725) → BLUE BAYOU SAND & GRAVEL LLC (0301619)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James F  Edwards → Blue Bayou Sand & Gravel:** 1987-01-01 through 1991-10-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 0301619; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Paul  Jewell → Texarkana Redi-Mix Inc:** 1991-10-22 through 1993-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0301619; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Danny  Jewell → Blue Bayou Sand & Gravel:** 1993-04-01 through 2004-05-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 0301619; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Steve  White → S. White Co, Inc.:** 2004-05-19 through 2009-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0301619; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John Woodrow  Smith → Blue Bayou Sand & Gravel, LLC:** 2010-01-01 through 2016-05-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 0301619; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John D  Smith → Blue Bayou Sand & Gravel, LLC:** 2016-05-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0301619; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 17
- 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: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 6 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 39 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 57 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 146 violation rows across the full record; 49 carry an S&S flag and $36,712 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 28 samples:** Occupational health samples 28 personal. 0 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 5K employee hours and 11 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 35 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 31 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 — 16 since 2021:** Inspections 61 inspection events and 865 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 56.12028 — Testing grounding systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12028
- **30 CFR 56.12018 — Identification of power switches.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12018
- **30 CFR 46.8 — Annual refresher training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-46/section-46.8
- **30 CFR 56.9300 — Berms or guardrails.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-H/section-56.9300
- **30 CFR 56.14132 — Horns and backup alarms.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14132
- **30 CFR 56.4201 — Inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4201
- **30 CFR 56.14105 — Procedures during repairs or maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14105
- **30 CFR 56.11001 — Safe access.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11001
- **30 CFR 56.20003 — Housekeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20003
- **30 CFR 56.11003 — Construction and maintenance of ladders.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11003
- **30 CFR 56.23002 — Written safety program.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-T/section-56.23002

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 6 rows; 2012-06-13 through 2024-11-12; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2010-12-15 through 2010-12-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 146 rows; 2000-03-31 through 2026-04-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 31 rows; 2000-07-07 through 2018-10-24; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2013-06-06 through 2013-06-06; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2018-01-08 through 2018-01-08; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 172 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 45 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1987-01-01 through 2010-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 61 rows; 2000-03-31 through 2026-05-11; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 212 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 45 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:** 28 rows; 2011-03-09 through 2026-04-29; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 146 rows; 2000-03-31 through 2026-04-29; 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/blue-bayou-sand-gravel-llc-0301619`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/blue-bayou-sand-gravel-llc-0301619`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0301619/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0301619/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0301619/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`