# B & D SAND PIT

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1600865
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Construction Sand and Gravel
- **Location:** St Martin, LA
- **Operator:** B & D Materials, LLC
- **Controller:** M Matt  Durand
- **Public source rows linked:** 621
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**M Matt  Durand (M11413) → B & D Materials, LLC (L14993) → B & D SAND PIT (1600865)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Willis J  Talley → J B Talley & Company Inc:** 1950-01-01 through 1991-06-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1600865; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Raymond  Smith → J B Talley & Company Inc:** 1991-06-15 through 1996-06-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1600865; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **M Matt  Durand et al → B & D Materials LLC:** 1996-06-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1600865; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 9
- 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 — 3 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 11 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 483 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 21 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 111 violation rows across the full record; 21 carry an S&S flag and $14,160 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 35 samples:** Occupational health samples 35 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 3K employee hours and 6 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 14 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 7 contested-violation rows, 7 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 — 16 since 2021:** Inspections 77 inspection events and 819 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 56.12018 — 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 56.15001 — First-aid materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-N/section-56.15001
- **30 CFR 56.4101 — Warning signs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4101
- **30 CFR 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100
- **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 56.9300 — 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 56.20003 — 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 56.16006 — 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 56.12023 — Guarding electrical connections and resistor grids.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12023
- **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 56.14132 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 11 rows; 2000-11-06 through 2025-06-06; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1983-07-05 through 1983-07-05; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 110 rows; 2000-08-08 through 2026-05-12; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 7 rows; 2011-07-07 through 2014-02-25; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 7 rows; 2009-03-31 through 2010-08-26; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1950-01-01 through 1996-06-05; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 77 rows; 2000-01-20 through 2026-05-12; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 205 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 53 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:** 35 rows; 2001-05-03 through 2025-09-25; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 111 rows; 2000-08-08 through 2026-05-12; 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/b-d-sand-pit-1600865`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/b-d-sand-pit-1600865`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1600865/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1600865/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1600865/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`