# Best Sand Southern

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3303877
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Sand, Industrial NEC
- **Location:** Pike, OH
- **Operator:** Best Sand Corporation
- **Controller:** Covia Holdings LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 355
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Covia Holdings LLC (0159743) → Best Sand Corporation (L15205) → Best Sand Southern (3303877)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Melvin  Schrader → Schrader Sand & Gravel:** 1981-10-01 through 1994-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 3303877; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Fairmount Santrol → Best Sand Southern:** 1994-10-01 through 2009-11-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 3303877; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Fairmount Santrol → Best Sand Corporation:** 2009-11-19 through 2018-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3303877; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **S C R-Sibelco Nv et al → Best Sand Corporation:** 2018-06-01 through 2019-05-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 3303877; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **S C R-Sibelco Nv et al → Covia Holdings Corporation:** 2019-05-29 through 2020-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3303877; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Covia Holdings LLC → Best Sand Corporation:** 2021-01-01 through 2019-05-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 3303877; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Covia Holdings LLC → Covia Holdings Corporation:** 2021-01-01 through 2020-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3303877; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Covia Holdings LLC → Best Sand Corporation:** 2021-01-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3303877; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **S C R-Sibelco Nv et al → Best Sand Corporation:** 2021-01-01 through 2020-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3303877; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Fairmount Santrol → Best Sand Corporation:** 2021-01-01 through 2018-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3303877; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 21
- Interval anomalies: 4
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+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 — 4 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 83 violation rows across the full record; 20 carry an S&S flag and $9,951 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 24 samples:** Occupational health samples 24 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 994 employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 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 — 8 since 2021:** Inspections 66 inspection events and 832 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 56.12004 — 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 56.12030 — Correction of dangerous conditions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12030
- **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 56.12013 — Splices and repairs of power cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12013
- **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 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 56.11002 — 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 46.9 — Records of training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-46/section-46.9
- **30 CFR 56.12008 — Insulation and fittings for power wires and cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12008
- **30 CFR 56.1000 — Notification of commencement of operations and closing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-A/section-56.1000
- **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 56.14107 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-11-28 through 2023-11-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 82 rows; 2000-03-07 through 2023-08-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 34 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:** 10 rows; 1981-10-01 through 2021-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 66 rows; 2000-03-07 through 2023-08-10; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 20 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:** 24 rows; 2000-08-23 through 2021-09-22; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 83 rows; 2000-03-07 through 2023-08-10; 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/best-sand-southern-3303877`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/best-sand-southern-3303877`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3303877/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3303877/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3303877/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`