# Varnell Pit

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3402142
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Dimension Limestone
- **Location:** Latimer, OK
- **Operator:** Oklahoma Natural Stone and Hardscapes
- **Controller:** Terry Lee  Nix
- **Public source rows linked:** 162
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Terry Lee  Nix (0113403) → Oklahoma Natural Stone and Hardscapes (0133255) → Varnell Pit (3402142)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Terry Lee  Nix et al → Oklahoma Natural Stone and Hardscapes:** 2014-05-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3402142; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 1
- Typed edges: 3
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 39 violation rows across the full record; 11 carry an S&S flag and $11,479 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 6 samples:** Occupational health samples 6 personal. 3 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 825 employee hours and 2 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 — 3 since 2021:** Inspections 17 inspection events and 170 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 56.1000 — Notification of commencement of operations and closing of mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-A/section-56.1000
- **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 56.9300 — Berms or guardrails.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-H/section-56.9300
- **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 56.14211 — Blocking equipment in a raised position.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14211
- **30 CFR 56.3401 — Examination of ground conditions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-B/section-56.3401
- **30 CFR 56.18009 — Designation of person in charge.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-Q/section-56.18009
- **30 CFR 56.18010 — First aid.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-Q/section-56.18010
- **30 CFR 56.5001 — Exposure limits for airborne contaminants.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-D/section-56.5001

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-08-22 through 2023-08-22; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 37 rows; 2014-05-20 through 2023-08-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 4 rows; 2018-02-12 through 2018-02-12; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 4 rows; 2017-09-19 through 2017-09-28; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 2014-05-01 through 2014-05-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 17 rows; 2014-05-20 through 2023-07-10; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 44 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 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:** 6 rows; 2017-09-19 through 2017-11-29; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 39 rows; 2014-05-20 through 2023-08-14; 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/varnell-pit-3402142`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/varnell-pit-3402142`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3402142/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3402142/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3402142/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`