# Hofmeyer Pit

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4402939
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Construction Sand and Gravel
- **Location:** Charles City, VA
- **Operator:** Branscome Operating, LLC
- **Controller:** Branscome Holding LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,061
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Branscome Holding LLC (0176263) → Branscome Operating, LLC (0050189) → Hofmeyer Pit (4402939)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Blakemore Construction Corp → Americal Materials Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1979-10-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4402939; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Henry S  Branscome → Henry S Branscome Inc:** 1979-10-23 through 2001-02-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4402939; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Colas S A → Branscome Operating, LLC:** 2001-02-16 through 2023-04-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4402939; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Adams Construction Company → Branscome Operating, LLC:** 2023-04-11 through 2023-04-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4402939; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Branscome Holding LLC → Branscome Operating, LLC:** 2023-04-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4402939; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 13
- 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 12 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 13 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 3 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 58 violation rows across the full record; 9 carry an S&S flag and $11,500 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 40 samples:** Occupational health samples 40 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 6K employee hours and 15 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 19 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 12 contested-violation rows, 6 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 — 13 since 2021:** Inspections 68 inspection events and 1K 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 56.14132 — 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 56.14101 — Brakes.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14101
- **30 CFR 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100
- **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 56.14130 — 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 56.20003 — 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 56.4102 — Spillage and leakage.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4102
- **30 CFR 56.13015 — Inspection of compressed-air receivers and other unfired pressure vessels.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-L/section-56.13015

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 12 rows; 2004-10-13 through 2020-09-28; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1979-06-04 through 1979-06-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 58 rows; 2000-02-03 through 2026-01-21; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 6 rows; 2007-10-15 through 2016-04-22; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2014-06-30 through 2014-06-30; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 12 rows; 2006-07-25 through 2015-11-17; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 459 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 74 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2001-02-16; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 68 rows; 2000-02-03 through 2026-06-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 212 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:** 40 rows; 2002-03-07 through 2026-06-10; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 58 rows; 2000-02-03 through 2026-01-21; 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/hofmeyer-pit-4402939`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/hofmeyer-pit-4402939`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4402939/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4402939/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4402939/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`