# Sand Hills Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0801313
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Sand, Common
- **Location:** Bay, FL
- **Operator:** Couch Aggregates LLC
- **Controller:** AFTA, LLC; Steve  Shaw
- **Public source rows linked:** 358
- **Source coverage:** 9 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**AFTA, LLC; Steve  Shaw (0186241) → Couch Aggregates LLC (0149675) → Sand Hills Plant (0801313)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Ready Mix USA Inc → Couch Ready Mix USA:** 2002-07-01 through 2011-12-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 0801313; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cemex S A → Ready Mix USA, LLC:** 2011-12-31 through 2012-06-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 0801313; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Steve  Shaw et al → Couch Aggregates LLC:** 2012-06-30 through 2017-01-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 0801313; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Aggregates Holding LLC et al → Couch Aggregates LLC:** 2017-01-31 through 2020-10-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 0801313; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dunn Investment Company et al → Couch Aggregates LLC:** 2017-01-31 through 2020-10-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 0801313; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Green Rock Mining LLC → Couch Aggregates LLC:** 2020-10-16 through 2024-07-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 0801313; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **AFTA, LLC et al → Couch Aggregates LLC:** 2024-07-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0801313; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Steve  Shaw et al → Couch Aggregates LLC:** 2024-07-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0801313; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 18
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 2 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 38 violation rows across the full record; 6 carry an S&S flag and $4,495 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 11 samples:** Occupational health samples 11 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 1K employee hours and 3 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 — 0 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 — 7 since 2021:** Inspections 54 inspection events and 546 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 56.11004 — Portable rigid ladders.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11004
- **30 CFR 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100
- **30 CFR 56.18002 — Examination of working places.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-Q/section-56.18002
- **30 CFR 56.4430 — Storage facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4430
- **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 56.20011 — Barricades and warning signs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20011
- **30 CFR 56.12030 — Correction of dangerous conditions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12030
- **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 56.4200 — General requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4200

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-05-10 through 2024-05-10; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 38 rows; 2003-01-28 through 2022-05-03; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 2002-07-01 through 2017-01-31; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 54 rows; 2003-01-28 through 2023-10-24; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 164 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 43 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; 2003-01-29 through 2018-06-20; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 38 rows; 2003-01-28 through 2022-05-03; 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/sand-hills-plant-0801313`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/sand-hills-plant-0801313`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0801313/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0801313/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0801313/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`