# VEGA-PORTABLE CRUSHER #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2601862
- **Status:** Intermittent
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Construction Sand and Gravel
- **Location:** Elko, NV
- **Operator:** VEGA CONSTRUCTION & TRUCKING, LLC
- **Controller:** Enos L Vega; Michael  Vega; Gerald R Vega
- **Public source rows linked:** 694
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Enos L Vega; Michael  Vega; Gerald R Vega (0168141) → VEGA CONSTRUCTION & TRUCKING, LLC (0181913) → VEGA-PORTABLE CRUSHER #1 (2601862)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Manuel R  Vega → Vega Construction & Trucking Co.:** 1983-08-01 through 2022-04-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 2601862; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gerald R Vega et al → VEGA CONSTRUCTION & TRUCKING, LLC:** 2022-04-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2601862; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Enos L Vega et al → VEGA CONSTRUCTION & TRUCKING, LLC:** 2022-04-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2601862; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael  Vega et al → VEGA CONSTRUCTION & TRUCKING, LLC:** 2022-04-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2601862; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 8
- 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; 0 coded fatalities and 151 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 23 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 225 violation rows across the full record; 81 carry an S&S flag and $85,628 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 40 samples:** Occupational health samples 40 personal. 1 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 8 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 6 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 6 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 — 11 since 2021:** Inspections 58 inspection events and 802 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 56.14100 — 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 56.18002 — 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 56.12019 — Access to stationary electrical equipment or switchgear.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12019
- **30 CFR 56.14112 — Construction and maintenance of guards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14112
- **30 CFR 56.4102 — Spillage and leakage.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4102
- **30 CFR 56.4130 — Electric substations and liquid storage facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4130
- **30 CFR 56.4101 — Warning signs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4101
- **30 CFR 56.4104 — Combustible waste.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4104

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2007-11-02 through 2007-11-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-11-26 through 2024-11-26; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 221 rows; 2001-09-20 through 2025-10-09; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Conferences:** 6 rows; 2008-05-28 through 2025-12-19; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 2 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1983-08-01 through 2022-04-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 58 rows; 2000-01-31 through 2025-10-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 106 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 27 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:** 40 rows; 2002-07-02 through 2025-10-08; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 225 rows; 2001-09-20 through 2025-10-09; 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/vega-portable-crusher-1-2601862`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/vega-portable-crusher-1-2601862`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2601862/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2601862/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2601862/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`