# Festus, MO

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2302377
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Sand, Industrial NEC
- **Location:** Jefferson, MO
- **Operator:** U.S. Silica Company
- **Controller:** USS Holdings Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 921
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**USS Holdings Inc (M11007) → U.S. Silica Company (L14417) → Festus, MO (2302377)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Fred Weber Inc et al → Mississippi Sand LLC:** 2008-06-03 through 2012-04-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 2302377; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Coal Creek Energy LLC et al → Mississippi Sand LLC:** 2008-06-03 through 2012-04-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 2302377; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Synergy Materials Inc et al → Mississippi Sand LLC:** 2012-04-23 through 2017-08-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 2302377; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cemtech International Inc et al → Mississippi Sand LLC:** 2012-04-23 through 2017-08-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 2302377; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **USS Holdings Inc → U.S. Silica Company:** 2017-08-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2302377; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 15 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 92 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 21 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 84 violation rows across the full record; 16 carry an S&S flag and $15,161 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 68 samples:** Occupational health samples 68 personal. 4 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 5K employee hours and 10 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 12 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 6 contested-violation rows, 6 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 6 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 60 inspection events and 1K 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 56.14205 — Machinery, equipment, and tools.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14205
- **30 CFR 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100
- **30 CFR 56.14107 — Moving machine parts.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14107
- **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 56.14201 — Conveyor start-up warnings.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14201
- **30 CFR 57.12004 — Electrical conductors.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12004
- **30 CFR 57.4201 — Inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4201
- **30 CFR 57.12008 — Insulation and fittings for power wires and cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12008

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 15 rows; 2010-02-26 through 2022-11-23; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-02-16 through 2024-02-16; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 84 rows; 2008-10-16 through 2023-11-16; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 6 rows; 2011-05-25 through 2012-08-01; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 6 rows; 2009-12-21 through 2011-09-21; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 315 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 83 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2008-06-03 through 2017-08-18; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 60 rows; 2008-06-19 through 2023-11-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 160 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 33 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:** 68 rows; 2008-07-02 through 2023-09-12; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 84 rows; 2008-10-16 through 2023-11-16; 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/festus-mo-2302377`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/festus-mo-2302377`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2302377/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2302377/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2302377/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`