# LONGVIEW MINE

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3800545
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Construction Sand and Gravel
- **Location:** Anderson, SC
- **Operator:** Sandsmith LLC
- **Controller:** Christopher Sean  Smith
- **Public source rows linked:** 451
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Christopher Sean  Smith (0202961) → Sandsmith LLC (0169353) → LONGVIEW MINE (3800545)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Joe W  McConnell → Mc Connell Sand Company Inc:** 1979-01-01 through 1989-11-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 3800545; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cleve  Young → Young Sand & Stone Company Inc:** 1989-11-30 through 1996-02-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 3800545; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Randal L  King → King Asphalt Inc:** 1996-02-29 through 2006-12-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 3800545; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mark K  Griffin → Palmetto Aggregates:** 2006-12-08 through 2019-09-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 3800545; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gregory T Smith → Sandsmith LLC:** 2019-09-18 through 2026-08-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 3800545; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Christopher Sean  Smith → Sandsmith LLC:** 2026-08-07 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3800545; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 17
- 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 — 16 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 66 violation rows across the full record; 9 carry an S&S flag and $6,873 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 15 samples:** Occupational health samples 14 personal; 1 area. 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 520 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 6 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 3 contested-violation rows, 3 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 68 inspection events and 685 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 56.12028 — Testing grounding systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12028
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **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 56.9300 — Berms or guardrails.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-H/section-56.9300
- **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 56.11002 — 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 56.4402 — Safety can use.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4402

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1979-06-15 through 1979-06-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 1 rows; 2024-09-09 through 2024-09-09; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 61 rows; 2000-04-26 through 2025-10-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2007-01-12 through 2007-01-12; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 3 rows; 2006-05-24 through 2006-05-24; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1979-01-01 through 2019-09-18; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 68 rows; 2000-04-25 through 2026-09-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 189 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 38 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:** 14 rows; 2001-07-19 through 2025-03-18; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 66 rows; 2000-04-26 through 2026-09-16; 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/longview-mine-3800545`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/longview-mine-3800545`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3800545/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3800545/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3800545/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`