# Rootstown Sand & Gravel

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3304502
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Construction Sand and Gravel
- **Location:** Portage, OH
- **Operator:** RAY BERTOLINI TRUCKING CO.
- **Controller:** Joseph F  Bertolini; Skip E  Mears
- **Public source rows linked:** 647
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Joseph F  Bertolini; Skip E  Mears (0040762) → RAY BERTOLINI TRUCKING CO. (0050376) → Rootstown Sand & Gravel (3304502)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Skip E  Mears  et al → RAY BERTOLINI TRUCKING CO.:** 2002-05-06 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3304502; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joseph F  Bertolini  et al → RAY BERTOLINI TRUCKING CO.:** 2002-05-06 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3304502; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 4
- 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 — 27 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 165 violation rows across the full record; 42 carry an S&S flag and $59,408 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 3K employee hours and 5 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 8 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 4 contested-violation rows, 4 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 — 13 since 2021:** Inspections 66 inspection events and 987 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 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 56.11002 — 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 56.12032 — Inspection and cover plates.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12032
- **30 CFR 56.20003 — Housekeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20003
- **30 CFR 56.11012 — Protection for openings around travelways.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11012
- **30 CFR 56.16005 — Securing gas cylinders.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-O/section-56.16005
- **30 CFR 56.20011 — Barricades and warning signs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20011
- **30 CFR 56.12018 — Identification of power switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12018
- **30 CFR 56.12020 — Protection of persons at switchgear.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12020

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2009-02-19 through 2009-02-19; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 164 rows; 2002-06-05 through 2026-09-01; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 4 rows; 2012-05-10 through 2017-06-08; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 4 rows; 2011-07-13 through 2015-04-30; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2002-05-06 through 2002-05-06; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 66 rows; 2002-06-05 through 2026-08-31; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 178 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 46 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; 2002-06-05 through 2024-12-19; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 165 rows; 2002-06-05 through 2026-09-01; 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/rootstown-sand-gravel-3304502`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/rootstown-sand-gravel-3304502`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3304502/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3304502/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3304502/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`