# Sylacauga Marble, Mine #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0102947
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Dimension Marble
- **Location:** Talladega, AL
- **Operator:** TBGS Quarry, LLC.
- **Controller:** Changyung  Tan
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,029
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Changyung  Tan (0135861) → TBGS Quarry, LLC. (0136773) → Sylacauga Marble, Mine #1 (0102947)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Bernard  Strauss → Purple Mountain Marble Company Inc:** 1992-03-01 through 1998-11-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 0102947; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Stephen  Musolino → Alabama Marble Co Inc:** 1998-11-04 through 2014-11-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 0102947; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Roy  Swindal et al → TBGS Quarry, LLC.:** 2014-11-24 through 2017-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0102947; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Changyung  Tan → TBGS Quarry, LLC.:** 2017-08-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0102947; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 11
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 30 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 292 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 20 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 327 violation rows across the full record; 115 carry an S&S flag and $197,122 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 12 samples:** Occupational health samples 12 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 3K employee hours and 8 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 131 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 60 contested-violation rows, 68 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 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 — 22 since 2021:** Inspections 134 inspection events and 2K 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 47.51 — Requirement for an MSDS.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-F/section-47.51
- **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 56.14209 — Safety procedures for towing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14209
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (8 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 30 rows; 2002-05-30 through 2014-08-29; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1992-03-09 through 1992-03-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 319 rows; 2000-05-16 through 2025-12-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 68 rows; 2000-07-26 through 2016-10-27; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2005-10-04 through 2005-10-04; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 60 rows; 2007-04-02 through 2013-02-27; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1992-03-01 through 2014-11-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 134 rows; 2000-05-16 through 2026-08-27; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 20 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 50 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:** 12 rows; 2001-02-01 through 2024-09-24; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 327 rows; 2000-05-16 through 2025-12-23; 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/sylacauga-marble-mine-1-0102947`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/sylacauga-marble-mine-1-0102947`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0102947/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0102947/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0102947/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`
