# MARSTON PIT

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3102052
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Sand, Common
- **Location:** Scotland, NC
- **Operator:** R.L. BRADSHER CONTRACTING INC.
- **Controller:** Shelly  Bell; Vera  Bradsher
- **Public source rows linked:** 532
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Shelly  Bell; Vera  Bradsher (0186024) → R.L. BRADSHER CONTRACTING INC. (0118068) → MARSTON PIT (3102052)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Phyllis H  Morgan et al → J Morgan Enterprises:** 1990-05-01 through 2019-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3102052; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James D  Morgan Jr et al → J Morgan Enterprises:** 1990-05-01 through 2019-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3102052; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Vera W  Bradsher et al → R.L. BRADSHER CONTRACTING INC.:** 2019-11-01 through 2021-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 3102052; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert L  Bradsher et al → R.L. BRADSHER CONTRACTING INC.:** 2019-11-01 through 2021-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 3102052; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert L. Bradsher Family Trust → R.L. BRADSHER CONTRACTING INC.:** 2021-10-01 through 2024-07-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 3102052; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Vera  Bradsher et al → R.L. BRADSHER CONTRACTING INC.:** 2024-07-15 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3102052; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Shelly  Bell et al → R.L. BRADSHER CONTRACTING INC.:** 2024-07-15 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3102052; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 13
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 10 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 77 violation rows across the full record; 21 carry an S&S flag and $10,981 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 16 samples:** Occupational health samples 16 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 4 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 — 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 — 14 since 2021:** Inspections 79 inspection events and 751 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 56.14112 — Construction and maintenance of guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14112
- **30 CFR 56.23002 — Written safety program.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-T/section-56.23002
- **30 CFR 56.14101 — Brakes.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14101
- **30 CFR 56.4502 — Battery-charging stations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4502
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **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 56.14107 — 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 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100
- **30 CFR 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2019-11-01 through 2019-11-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 76 rows; 2000-05-31 through 2024-10-30; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 7 rows; 2000-04-04 through 2014-01-24; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 7 rows; 2007-10-30 through 2013-07-05; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 23 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 1990-05-01 through 2019-11-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 79 rows; 2000-05-31 through 2026-09-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 184 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 47 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:** 16 rows; 2001-12-13 through 2026-09-09; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 77 rows; 2000-05-31 through 2026-09-08; 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/marston-pit-3102052`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/marston-pit-3102052`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3102052/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3102052/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3102052/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`