# MIDWEST LIME COMPANY

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0300042
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC
- **Location:** Independence, AR
- **Operator:** Midwest Lime Company
- **Controller:** Mike  Low; Eric  Low
- **Public source rows linked:** 891
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Mike  Low; Eric  Low (M14368) → Midwest Lime Company (L36264) → MIDWEST LIME COMPANY (0300042)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Mike  Low et al → Midwest Lime Company:** 1950-01-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0300042; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eric  Low et al → Midwest Lime Company:** 1950-01-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0300042; 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 19 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 112 violation rows across the full record; 7 carry an S&S flag and $12,790 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 183 samples:** Occupational health samples 181 personal; 2 area. 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 12K employee hours and 22 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 8 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 4 contested-violation rows, 4 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 — 15 since 2021:** Inspections 70 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 56.14108 — Overhead drive belts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14108
- **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 56.14100 — 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 56.11002 — Handrails and toeboards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11002
- **30 CFR 56.14107 — Moving machine parts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14107
- **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 56.12013 — Splices and repairs of power cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12013
- **30 CFR 56.14109 — Unguarded conveyors with adjacent travelways.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14109
- **30 CFR 56.3200 — Correction of hazardous conditions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-B/section-56.3200
- **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 56.9301 — 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 56.12030 — 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:** 1 rows; 2001-03-29 through 2001-03-29; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1976-07-04 through 1976-07-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 2 rows; 2008-07-15 through 2023-10-12; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 112 rows; 2000-02-23 through 2026-04-21; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 4 rows; 2014-04-03 through 2017-08-02; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 4 rows; 2013-02-12 through 2016-11-29; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 1950-01-01 through 1950-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 70 rows; 2000-02-23 through 2026-04-20; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 318 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 81 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:** 181 rows; 2001-08-29 through 2026-04-22; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 112 rows; 2000-02-23 through 2026-04-21; 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/midwest-lime-company-0300042`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/midwest-lime-company-0300042`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0300042/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0300042/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0300042/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`