# BG004

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4104176
- **Status:** Intermittent
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC
- **Location:** Karnes, TX
- **Operator:** B & G Materials, LLC
- **Controller:** Roland H  Beck; James R  Gumm
- **Public source rows linked:** 799
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Roland H  Beck; James R  Gumm (0042537) → B & G Materials, LLC (0051854) → BG004 (4104176)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Melvin  Garrett → Live Oak Materials:** 2000-05-01 through 2003-07-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4104176; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James R  Gumm  et al → B & G Materials, LLC:** 2003-07-31 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4104176; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Roland H  Beck  et al → B & G Materials, LLC:** 2003-07-31 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4104176; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 24 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 192 violation rows across the full record; 54 carry an S&S flag and $53,784 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 9 samples:** Occupational health samples 9 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 2 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 38 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 19 contested-violation rows, 19 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 — 12 since 2021:** Inspections 79 inspection events and 809 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 47.41 — Requirement for container labels.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.41
- **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 50.10 — Immediate notification.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-B/section-50.10
- **30 CFR 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100
- **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 56.14101 — 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 56.4201 — Inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4201
- **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
- **30 CFR 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **30 CFR 56.18020 — Working alone.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-Q/section-56.18020
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2002-04-04 through 2024-04-19; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-12-02 through 2025-12-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 187 rows; 2001-06-13 through 2025-08-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 19 rows; 2005-03-15 through 2016-10-24; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 19 rows; 2003-12-03 through 2016-01-13; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2000-05-01 through 2003-07-31; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 79 rows; 2000-06-22 through 2026-09-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 232 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 54 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:** 9 rows; 2002-06-20 through 2013-10-29; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 192 rows; 2001-06-13 through 2025-08-13; 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/bg004-4104176`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bg004-4104176`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4104176/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4104176/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4104176/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`