# Riesel Sand & Gravel Plant #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4104917
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Construction Sand and Gravel
- **Location:** Mclennan, TX
- **Operator:** Dead River Ranch Materials. LLC
- **Controller:** James  McDonald; Paula  McDonald
- **Public source rows linked:** 624
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James  McDonald; Paula  McDonald (0102387) → Dead River Ranch Materials. LLC (0120409) → Riesel Sand & Gravel Plant #1 (4104917)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James  McDonald et al → Dead River Ranch Materials. LLC:** 2011-11-19 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4104917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Paula  McDonald et al → Dead River Ranch Materials. LLC:** 2011-11-19 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4104917; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 4
- 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 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 4 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 37 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 79 violation rows across the full record; 18 carry an S&S flag and $17,712 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 11 samples:** Occupational health samples 11 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 9K employee hours and 15 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 24 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 9 contested-violation rows, 8 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 7 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 — 16 since 2021:** Inspections 38 inspection events and 616 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 56.4201 — Inspection.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4201
- **30 CFR 56.4200 — General requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4200
- **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 56.15005 — Safety belts and lines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-N/section-56.15005
- **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 56.12004 — 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 56.14101 — 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 56.4102 — Spillage and leakage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4102
- **30 CFR 56.14132 — Horns and backup alarms.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14132
- **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

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2014-02-15 through 2014-02-15; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-02-05 through 2013-02-05; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 78 rows; 2013-02-19 through 2026-08-26; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 8 rows; 2014-09-17 through 2016-08-08; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 7 rows; 2014-03-10 through 2024-03-05; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 9 rows; 2014-02-19 through 2016-02-10; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 188 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 50 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2011-11-19 through 2011-11-19; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 38 rows; 2012-04-03 through 2026-08-26; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 118 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 32 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:** 11 rows; 2012-04-04 through 2024-09-18; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 79 rows; 2013-02-19 through 2026-08-26; 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/riesel-sand-gravel-plant-1-4104917`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/riesel-sand-gravel-plant-1-4104917`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4104917/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4104917/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4104917/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`