# Belzer Pit

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2400420
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Construction Sand and Gravel
- **Location:** Valley, MT
- **Operator:** Fossum Ready Mix
- **Controller:** Steve  Fossum; Scott  Fossum; Carol  Fossum
- **Public source rows linked:** 478
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Steve  Fossum; Scott  Fossum; Carol  Fossum (0112605) → Fossum Ready Mix (L33326) → Belzer Pit (2400420)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Orville G  Fossum → Fossum Ready Mix:** 1950-01-01 through 2014-03-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 2400420; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Steve  Fossum et al → Fossum Ready Mix:** 2014-03-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2400420; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Carol  Fossum et al → Fossum Ready Mix:** 2014-03-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2400420; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Scott  Fossum et al → Fossum Ready Mix:** 2014-03-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2400420; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 7
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 74 violation rows across the full record; 22 carry an S&S flag and $19,735 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 48 samples:** Occupational health samples 48 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 75 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 35 contested-violation rows, 40 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 29 inspection events and 523 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 56.4201 — Inspection.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4201
- **30 CFR 56.12002 — Controls and switches.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12002
- **30 CFR 56.11002 — Handrails and toeboards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11002
- **30 CFR 56.14108 — Overhead drive belts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14108
- **30 CFR 56.14107 — Moving machine parts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14107
- **30 CFR 56.11017 — Inclined fixed ladders.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11017
- **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 56.14201 — 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 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2014-08-02 through 2014-08-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2017-01-01 through 2017-01-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 73 rows; 2000-09-20 through 2016-06-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 40 rows; 2002-04-04 through 2016-09-07; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 35 rows; 2014-08-04 through 2015-06-17; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1950-01-01 through 1950-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 29 rows; 2000-09-20 through 2016-06-14; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 143 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 29 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:** 48 rows; 2002-07-24 through 2016-06-15; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 74 rows; 2000-09-20 through 2016-06-14; 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/belzer-pit-2400420`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/belzer-pit-2400420`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2400420/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2400420/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2400420/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`