# Sutherland Pit

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2500738
- **Status:** Intermittent
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Construction Sand and Gravel
- **Location:** Lincoln, NE
- **Operator:** Croell, Inc.
- **Controller:** Kurt  Croell
- **Public source rows linked:** 354
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Kurt  Croell (0126881) → Croell, Inc. (L06685) → Sutherland Pit (2500738)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Bill  Lemons et al → Western Materials Inc:** 2001-05-01 through 2019-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 2500738; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kurt  Croell → Croell, Inc.:** 2019-04-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2500738; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Roger  Croell → Croell, Inc.:** 2019-04-18 through 2013-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 2500738; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 8
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 — 2 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 4 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 11 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 28 violation rows across the full record; 5 carry an S&S flag and $3,342 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 3 samples:** Occupational health samples 2 personal; 1 area. 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 5 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 18 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 9 contested-violation rows, 9 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 — 7 since 2021:** Inspections 25 inspection events and 225 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 56.12028 — Testing grounding systems.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12028
- **30 CFR 56.14103 — Operators stations.** (2 retained recent rows) — 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 56.14207 — Parking procedures for unattended equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14207
- **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 47.44 — Temporary, portable containers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.44
- **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 56.11001 — 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 56.11012 — Protection for openings around travelways.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11012

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2022-06-13 through 2025-08-08; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-10-12 through 2016-10-12; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 1 rows; 2017-06-20 through 2017-06-20; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 28 rows; 2003-07-30 through 2026-04-16; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 9 rows; 2004-10-27 through 2011-07-20; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 9 rows; 2003-07-30 through 2010-05-04; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2001-05-01 through 2019-04-18; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 25 rows; 2001-07-26 through 2026-04-16; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 201 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 44 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; 2010-05-04 through 2010-05-04; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 28 rows; 2003-07-30 through 2026-04-16; 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/sutherland-pit-2500738`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/sutherland-pit-2500738`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2500738/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2500738/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2500738/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`