# Saxton Sand and Gravel

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2002730
- **Status:** Intermittent
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Construction Sand and Gravel
- **Location:** Roscommon, MI
- **Operator:** Saxton Sand and Gravel Inc
- **Controller:** Ashlei E Saxton; Colter M Saxton
- **Public source rows linked:** 327
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ashlei E Saxton; Colter M Saxton (0183942) → Saxton Sand and Gravel Inc (0195053) → Saxton Sand and Gravel (2002730)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Anderson Kenneth J → Houghton Lake Block Company Inc:** 1985-05-01 through 1987-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 2002730; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L Porath → Porath Sand & Gravel:** 1987-08-01 through 2024-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 2002730; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Colter M Saxton et al → Saxton Sand and Gravel Inc:** 2024-04-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2002730; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ashlei E Saxton et al → Saxton Sand and Gravel Inc:** 2024-04-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2002730; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 10
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 9 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 86 violation rows across the full record; 19 carry an S&S flag and $11,676 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 11 samples:** Occupational health samples 11 personal. 2 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 1K employee hours and 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 33 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 13 contested-violation rows, 13 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 7 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 — 7 since 2021:** Inspections 46 inspection events and 586 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 56.9300 — 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 56.12004 — 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 56.12013 — Splices and repairs of power cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12013
- **30 CFR 56.4601 — Oxygen cylinder storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4601
- **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 56.12028 — 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 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 56.14130 — Roll-over protective structures (ROPS) and seat belts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14130
- **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 46.8 — Annual refresher training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-46/section-46.8
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1985-05-29 through 1985-05-29; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 86 rows; 2000-08-22 through 2026-06-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 13 rows; 2012-11-27 through 2014-08-20; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 7 rows; 2004-12-08 through 2026-08-10; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 13 rows; 2010-11-09 through 2013-09-17; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1985-05-01 through 2024-04-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 46 rows; 2000-08-22 through 2026-06-04; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 41 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:** 11 rows; 2001-08-08 through 2026-06-04; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 86 rows; 2000-08-22 through 2026-06-04; 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/saxton-sand-and-gravel-2002730`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/saxton-sand-and-gravel-2002730`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2002730/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2002730/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2002730/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`