# BRETSCHNEIDER PIT & MILL

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2002253
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Construction Sand and Gravel
- **Location:** Cass, MI
- **Operator:** Aggregate Materials Corp
- **Controller:** Michael L  Bretschneider
- **Public source rows linked:** 68
- **Source coverage:** 10 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Michael L  Bretschneider (M10581) → Aggregate Materials Corp (L13850) → BRETSCHNEIDER PIT & MILL (2002253)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Michael L  Bretschneider → Aggregate Materials Corp:** 1950-01-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2002253; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 1
- Typed edges: 3
- 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 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 6 violation rows across the full record; 0 carry an S&S flag and $330 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 2K employee hours and 4 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 8 inspection events and 72 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 56.14112 — Construction and maintenance of guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14112
- **30 CFR 47.31 — Requirement for a HazCom program.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-D/section-47.31
- **30 CFR 56.14103 — Operators stations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14103
- **30 CFR 56.14101 — Brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14101
- **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 56.18002 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2001-10-22 through 2002-11-27; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2003-10-15 through 2003-10-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 6 rows; 2000-09-20 through 2003-04-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 1950-01-01 through 1950-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 8 rows; 2000-09-20 through 2003-09-03; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 32 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 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; 2003-04-10 through 2003-04-10; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 6 rows; 2000-09-20 through 2003-04-10; 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/bretschneider-pit-mill-2002253`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bretschneider-pit-mill-2002253`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2002253/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2002253/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2002253/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`