# Ovyn #1 Pit

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4703016
- **Status:** Intermittent
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Construction Sand and Gravel
- **Location:** Taylor, WI
- **Operator:** Dennis Ovyn Trucking Inc
- **Controller:** Joel Robert  Ovyn; William D  Ovyn; Darren G  Ovyn
- **Public source rows linked:** 516
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Joel Robert  Ovyn; William D  Ovyn; Darren G  Ovyn (0165741) → Dennis Ovyn Trucking Inc (L32547) → Ovyn #1 Pit (4703016)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Dennis  Ovyn → Dennis Ovyn Trucking Inc:** 1994-02-01 through 2019-12-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4703016; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Darren G  Ovyn et al → Dennis Ovyn Trucking Inc:** 2019-12-31 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4703016; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joel Robert  Ovyn et al → Dennis Ovyn Trucking Inc:** 2019-12-31 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4703016; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William D  Ovyn et al → Dennis Ovyn Trucking Inc:** 2019-12-31 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4703016; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 2 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 16 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 51 violation rows across the full record; 9 carry an S&S flag and $7,876 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 408 employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 6 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 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 — 10 since 2021:** Inspections 38 inspection events and 567 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 56.12008 — Insulation and fittings for power wires and cables.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12008
- **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 56.14207 — 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 56.9300 — 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 56.11001 — Safe access.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11001
- **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 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100
- **30 CFR 56.16002 — Bins, hoppers, silos, tanks, and surge piles.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-O/section-56.16002

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2019-07-17 through 2021-10-01; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1994-05-17 through 1994-05-17; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 49 rows; 2004-08-18 through 2023-10-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2017-07-06 through 2017-07-06; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2005-06-28 through 2022-05-12; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2016-06-29 through 2016-06-29; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 112 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 28 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1994-02-01 through 1994-02-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 38 rows; 2000-05-17 through 2026-08-19; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 174 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 39 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; 2008-08-13 through 2023-10-24; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 51 rows; 2004-08-18 through 2023-10-23; 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/ovyn-1-pit-4703016`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/ovyn-1-pit-4703016`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4703016/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4703016/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4703016/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`