# Van Meter Pit

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1302327
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Construction Sand and Gravel
- **Location:** Polk, IA
- **Operator:** Hallett Materials
- **Controller:** CRH PLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 94
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**CRH PLC (M06183) → Hallett Materials (0085824) → Van Meter Pit (1302327)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **CRH PLC → Hallett Materials:** 2006-05-03 through 2008-01-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1302327; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rasmussen Group Inc → Hallett Materials:** 2006-05-03 through 2001-08-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1302327; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **CRH PLC → Hallett Materials:** 2008-01-03 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1302327; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 8
- 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 8 violation rows across the full record; 2 carry an S&S flag and $774 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1 samples:** Occupational health samples 1 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 57 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 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 8 inspection events and 39 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 56.12004 — 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 56.16005 — Securing gas cylinders.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-O/section-56.16005
- **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 56.14207 — Parking procedures for unattended equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14207
- **30 CFR 56.12008 — Insulation and fittings for power wires and cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12008
- **30 CFR 56.4602 — Gauges and regulators.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4602
- **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 56.9301 — Dump site restraints.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-H/section-56.9301

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-04-12 through 2013-04-12; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 8 rows; 2007-03-20 through 2011-03-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2010-10-18 through 2010-10-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2009-09-09 through 2009-09-09; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2006-05-03 through 2008-01-03; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 8 rows; 2006-07-26 through 2011-03-23; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 50 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 12 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:** 1 rows; 2008-11-18 through 2008-11-18; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 8 rows; 2007-03-20 through 2011-03-23; 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/van-meter-pit-1302327`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/van-meter-pit-1302327`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1302327/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1302327/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1302327/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`