# Pit #3

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1200779
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Construction Sand and Gravel
- **Location:** Elkhart, IN
- **Operator:** Fidler Inc
- **Controller:** Holcim Ltd
- **Public source rows linked:** 165
- **Source coverage:** 9 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Holcim Ltd (M01644) → Fidler Inc (L11285) → Pit #3 (1200779)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Harold L  Atkins → Yoder Ready Mixed Concrete Company Inc:** 1950-01-01 through 1983-03-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1200779; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John L  Fiddler  et al → Fidler Inc:** 1983-03-21 through 1992-08-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1200779; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Aggregate Industries PLC → Fidler Inc:** 1992-08-12 through 1995-06-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1200779; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Nova Materials Inc → Fidler Inc:** 1995-06-12 through 2000-02-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1200779; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Aggregate Industries PLC → Fidler Inc:** 2000-03-01 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1200779; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Holcim Ltd → Fidler Inc:** 2009-04-30 through 1995-06-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1200779; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Holcim Ltd → Fidler Inc:** 2009-04-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1200779; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 17
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 24 violation rows across the full record; 2 carry an S&S flag and $1,929 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2 samples:** Occupational health samples 2 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 240 employee hours and 1 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 15 inspection events and 152 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 56.1000 — 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 56.4104 — Combustible waste.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4104
- **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
- **30 CFR 56.14107 — Moving machine parts.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14107
- **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 56.12004 — Electrical conductors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12004
- **30 CFR 56.16006 — Protection of gas cylinder valves.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-O/section-56.16006
- **30 CFR 47.44 — Temporary, portable containers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.44
- **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 56.12006 — Distribution boxes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12006

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2009-07-21 through 2009-07-21; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 24 rows; 2000-05-24 through 2007-11-20; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2000-03-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 15 rows; 2000-05-24 through 2009-07-21; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 72 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 19 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:** 2 rows; 2003-04-16 through 2003-04-16; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 24 rows; 2000-05-24 through 2007-11-20; 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/pit-3-1200779`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/pit-3-1200779`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1200779/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1200779/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1200779/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`