# Capitol Sand

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4700788
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Construction Sand and Gravel
- **Location:** Dane, WI
- **Operator:** Payne & Dolan, Inc.
- **Controller:** Kurt  Bechthold
- **Public source rows linked:** 713
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Kurt  Bechthold (M02666) → Payne & Dolan, Inc. (L06188) → Capitol Sand (4700788)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Rodney A  Gallagher  et al → Capitol Sand & Gravel Company Inc:** 1950-01-01 through 2018-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4700788; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael A  Gallagher  et al → Capitol Sand & Gravel Company Inc:** 1950-01-01 through 2018-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4700788; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kurt  Bechthold et al → Payne & Dolan, Inc.:** 2018-08-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4700788; 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 — 4 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 21 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 25 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 157 violation rows across the full record; 33 carry an S&S flag and $37,248 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 23 samples:** Occupational health samples 23 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 2K employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 69 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 30 contested-violation rows, 30 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 9 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 — 16 since 2021:** Inspections 55 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 56.9300 — 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 56.14107 — Moving machine parts.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14107
- **30 CFR 56.14105 — Procedures during repairs or maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14105
- **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
- **30 CFR 56.4101 — Warning signs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4101
- **30 CFR 50.20-1 — General instructions for completing MSHA Form 7000-1.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20-1
- **30 CFR 56.14112 — Construction and maintenance of guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14112
- **30 CFR 56.16001 — Stacking and storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-O/section-56.16001
- **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 56.14207 — Parking procedures for unattended equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14207
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2019-08-19 through 2025-01-28; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2022-03-28 through 2022-03-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 157 rows; 2000-08-09 through 2026-07-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 30 rows; 2005-04-05 through 2024-12-19; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 9 rows; 2016-01-26 through 2025-01-21; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 30 rows; 2004-10-20 through 2024-03-27; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2018-08-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 55 rows; 2000-08-09 through 2026-09-23; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 188 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:** 23 rows; 2011-06-23 through 2026-09-23; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 157 rows; 2000-08-09 through 2026-07-14; 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/capitol-sand-4700788`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/capitol-sand-4700788`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4700788/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4700788/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4700788/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`