# Permian Frac Sand

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4105161
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Sand, Industrial NEC
- **Location:** Mcculloch, TX
- **Operator:** Permian Frac Sand LLC
- **Controller:** Frank  Agar; Richard  Coats
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,808
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Frank  Agar; Richard  Coats (0121621) → Permian Frac Sand LLC (0142133) → Permian Frac Sand (4105161)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Richard  Coats et al → Permian Frac Sand LLC:** 2015-11-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4105161; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Frank  Agar et al → Permian Frac Sand LLC:** 2015-11-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4105161; 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 4 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 12 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 868 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 48 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 76 violation rows across the full record; 9 carry an S&S flag and $17,740 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 7 samples:** Occupational health samples 7 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 34K employee hours and 53 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 — 6 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 29 inspection events and 641 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.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4201
- **30 CFR 56.12021 — Danger signs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12021
- **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
- **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 56.4200 — 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 56.20003 — 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 56.12006 — Distribution boxes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12006
- **30 CFR 56.12004 — Electrical conductors.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12004
- **30 CFR 56.20013 — Waste receptacles.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20013
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 12 rows; 2016-06-15 through 2023-07-28; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2015-11-03 through 2015-11-03; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 71 rows; 2016-01-21 through 2026-03-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,191 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 308 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2015-11-24 through 2015-11-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 29 rows; 2016-01-21 through 2026-09-21; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 86 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 24 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:** 7 rows; 2019-04-10 through 2024-01-10; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 76 rows; 2016-01-21 through 2026-09-22; 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/permian-frac-sand-4105161`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/permian-frac-sand-4105161`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4105161/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4105161/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4105161/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`