# Sand Express

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4103760
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Sand, Industrial NEC
- **Location:** Colorado, TX
- **Operator:** The Quikrete Companies
- **Controller:** Quikrete Holdings Inc.
- **Public source rows linked:** 592
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Quikrete Holdings Inc. (M12812) → The Quikrete Companies (L16774) → Sand Express (4103760)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **John  Barten → Jebco Abrasives Inc:** 1993-04-01 through 2000-06-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4103760; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Oglebay Norton Company → Oglebay Norton Industrial Sands Inc:** 2000-06-07 through 2002-03-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4103760; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Todd  Barten Et Al → Sand Express LP:** 2002-03-11 through 2009-11-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4103760; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Carmeuse Holding SA → Oglebay Norton Industrial Sands Inc:** 2008-02-13 through 2002-03-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4103760; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Quikrete Holdings Inc. → The Quikrete Companies:** 2009-11-11 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4103760; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pioneer Natural Resources USA Incorporated → Oglebay Norton Industrial Sands Inc:** 2012-04-02 through 2002-03-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4103760; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 16
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 124 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 31 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 187 violation rows across the full record; 30 carry an S&S flag and $41,853 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 29 samples:** Occupational health samples 27 personal; 2 area. 1 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 9K employee hours and 13 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 35 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 17 contested-violation rows, 17 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 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 — 11 since 2021:** Inspections 79 inspection events and 926 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 56.4402 — 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
- **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 56.12032 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — 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 56.14116 — Hand-held power tools.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14116
- **30 CFR 47.41 — Requirement for container labels.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.41
- **30 CFR 56.15006 — Protective equipment and clothing for hazards and irritants.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-N/section-56.15006
- **30 CFR 56.4104 — Combustible waste.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4104
- **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 56.12030 — 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 56.12018 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2011-02-22 through 2022-01-20; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1993-04-08 through 1993-04-08; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 2 rows; 2026-09-09 through 2026-09-09; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 185 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2026-02-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 17 rows; 2015-06-23 through 2023-11-08; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2026-06-30 through 2026-06-30; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 17 rows; 2014-06-26 through 2023-04-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1993-04-01 through 2009-11-11; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 79 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2026-09-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 52 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:** 27 rows; 2001-06-20 through 2026-09-09; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 187 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2026-09-09; 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/sand-express-4103760`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/sand-express-4103760`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4103760/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4103760/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4103760/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`