# Top Grade Aggregates- Wexford Operation

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2001765
- **Status:** Intermittent
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Sand, Industrial NEC
- **Location:** Wexford, MI
- **Operator:** Top Grade Aggregates, LLC.
- **Controller:** Thomas  Brink; Ross  Veltema
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,034
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Thomas  Brink; Ross  Veltema (0114129) → Top Grade Aggregates, LLC. (0149975) → Top Grade Aggregates- Wexford Operation (2001765)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Francesanna  Sargent → Sargent Sand Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1995-12-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 2001765; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William B  Webber → Sargent Sand Company:** 1995-12-12 through 1998-05-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 2001765; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Fairmount Santrol → Wexford Sand Company:** 1998-05-22 through 2018-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 2001765; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **S C R-Sibelco Nv et al → Wexford Sand Company:** 2018-06-01 through 2026-07-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 2001765; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas  Brink et al → Top Grade Aggregates, LLC.:** 2026-07-21 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2001765; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ross  Veltema et al → Top Grade Aggregates, LLC.:** 2026-07-21 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2001765; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 15
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 7 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 29 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 4 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 70 violation rows across the full record; 12 carry an S&S flag and $11,032 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 63 samples:** Occupational health samples 63 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 10K employee hours and 21 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 — 2 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 — 3 since 2021:** Inspections 45 inspection events and 989 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 46.3 — Training plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-46/section-46.3
- **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 56.18002 — Examination of working places.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-Q/section-56.18002
- **30 CFR 56.13010 — Reciprocating-type air compressors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-L/section-56.13010
- **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 56.12018 — Identification of power switches.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12018
- **30 CFR 56.11012 — Protection for openings around travelways.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11012
- **30 CFR 56.14207 — Parking procedures for unattended equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14207
- **30 CFR 56.14115 — Stationary grinding machines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14115

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 7 rows; 2002-05-31 through 2011-10-06; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-07-21 through 2026-07-21; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 70 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2026-08-25; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 583 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 130 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2026-07-21; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 45 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2026-09-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 24 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 34 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:** 63 rows; 2002-12-10 through 2026-08-26; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 70 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2026-08-25; 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/top-grade-aggregates-wexford-operation-2001765`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/top-grade-aggregates-wexford-operation-2001765`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2001765/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2001765/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2001765/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`