# Lexington Pit

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2500263
- **Status:** Intermittent
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Construction Sand and Gravel
- **Location:** Dawson, NE
- **Operator:** Paulsen Inc
- **Controller:** Larry  Paulsen
- **Public source rows linked:** 378
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Larry  Paulsen (M09931) → Paulsen Inc (L12985) → Lexington Pit (2500263)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Harold E  Kirkpatrick → Kirkpatrick Sand & Gravel Inc:** 1950-01-01 through 1986-04-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 2500263; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lance  Paulson → Paulsen Inc:** 1986-04-23 through 1993-01-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 2500263; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Larry  Paulsen et al → Paulsen Inc:** 1993-01-25 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2500263; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 9
- 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 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 6 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 35 violation rows across the full record; 9 carry an S&S flag and $42,405 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 4 samples:** Occupational health samples 4 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 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 14 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 7 contested-violation rows, 7 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 — 7 since 2021:** Inspections 30 inspection events and 367 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 50.12 — Preservation of evidence.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-B/section-50.12
- **30 CFR 56.23003 — Requirements for written safety program.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-T/section-56.23003
- **30 CFR 56.9101 — Operating speeds and control of equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-H/section-56.9101
- **30 CFR 56.9100 — Traffic control.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-H/section-56.9100
- **30 CFR 46.11 — Site-specific hazard awareness training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-46/section-46.11
- **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.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 56.11001 — Safe access.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11001
- **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 56.15001 — First-aid materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-N/section-56.15001
- **30 CFR 56.11003 — Construction and maintenance of ladders.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11003

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2010-03-26 through 2012-04-23; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-04-16 through 2026-04-16; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 34 rows; 2003-07-22 through 2026-01-21; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 7 rows; 2015-11-09 through 2026-07-14; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 7 rows; 2015-04-28 through 2026-01-21; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 22 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1950-01-01 through 1993-01-25; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 30 rows; 2001-08-07 through 2026-01-20; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 197 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:** 4 rows; 2011-03-15 through 2017-11-07; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 35 rows; 2003-07-22 through 2026-01-21; 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/lexington-pit-2500263`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/lexington-pit-2500263`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2500263/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2500263/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2500263/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`