# Butler Sand and Gravel

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4104461
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Construction Sand and Gravel
- **Location:** Hall, TX
- **Operator:** Allen Butler Const., Inc.
- **Controller:** Daniel R  Wetzel; James J  Davis
- **Public source rows linked:** 96
- **Source coverage:** 9 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Daniel R  Wetzel; James J  Davis (0131841) → Allen Butler Const., Inc. (L17426) → Butler Sand and Gravel (4104461)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Roy G  Stephens → Quitaque Sand & Gravel:** 2003-12-03 through 2008-08-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4104461; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Allen  Butler → Allen Butler Const., Inc.:** 2008-08-24 through 2017-02-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4104461; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Daniel R  Wetzel et al → Allen Butler Const., Inc.:** 2017-03-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4104461; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James J  Davis et al → Allen Butler Const., Inc.:** 2017-03-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4104461; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 9
- 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: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+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 — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 20 violation rows across the full record; 10 carry an S&S flag and $3,036 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 4 samples:** Occupational health samples 4 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 540 employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 11 inspection events and 141 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 56.18010 — 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 56.14112 — 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 56.12028 — 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 56.14132 — Horns and backup alarms.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14132
- **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 56.9301 — Dump site restraints.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-H/section-56.9301
- **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 56.16005 — 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 56.14130 — Roll-over protective structures (ROPS) and seat belts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14130
- **30 CFR 56.11012 — Protection for openings around travelways.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11012

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2011-08-08 through 2011-08-08; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 20 rows; 2004-02-11 through 2010-04-15; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2003-12-03 through 2008-08-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 11 rows; 2004-02-11 through 2010-04-14; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 27 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:** 4 rows; 2009-11-04 through 2009-11-04; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 20 rows; 2004-02-11 through 2010-04-15; 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/butler-sand-and-gravel-4104461`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/butler-sand-and-gravel-4104461`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4104461/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4104461/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4104461/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`