# Highpoint Quarry

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0900020
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Dimension Stone NEC
- **Location:** Elbert, GA
- **Operator:** Star Granite Co.
- **Controller:** F L (Rusty)  Adams
- **Public source rows linked:** 489
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**F L (Rusty)  Adams (M04543) → Star Granite Co. (L05627) → Highpoint Quarry (0900020)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **John D  Mc Lanahan  et al → Elberton Granite Industries:** 1950-01-01 through 2014-04-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 0900020; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John D  Mc Lanahan Jr  et al → Elberton Granite Industries:** 1950-01-01 through 2014-04-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 0900020; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **F L (Rusty)  Adams → Star Granite Co.:** 2014-04-16 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0900020; 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 — 5 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 7 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 21 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 69 violation rows across the full record; 11 carry an S&S flag and $8,886 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 34 samples:** Occupational health samples 34 personal. 2 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 7K employee hours and 13 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 35 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 4 contested-violation rows, 23 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 8 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 — 18 since 2021:** Inspections 61 inspection events and 831 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 56.4402 — 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 56.14100 — 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 56.12004 — 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 56.4201 — Inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4201
- **30 CFR 56.5001 — Exposure limits for airborne contaminants.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-D/section-56.5001
- **30 CFR 56.4102 — Spillage and leakage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4102
- **30 CFR 56.6132 — Magazine requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-E/section-56.6132
- **30 CFR 56.14132 — Horns and backup alarms.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14132
- **30 CFR 56.14205 — Machinery, equipment, and tools.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14205
- **30 CFR 56.19057 — Hoist operator's physical fitness.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-R/section-56.19057
- **30 CFR 56.19023 — Examinations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-R/section-56.19023
- **30 CFR 47.41 — Requirement for container labels.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.41

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 7 rows; 2018-06-27 through 2026-09-01; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2015-04-10 through 2015-04-10; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 69 rows; 2001-05-08 through 2026-02-18; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 23 rows; 2002-02-07 through 2007-12-05; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 8 rows; 2001-10-03 through 2023-05-03; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 4 rows; 2004-05-17 through 2007-03-15; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 54 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2014-04-16; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 61 rows; 2000-04-27 through 2026-06-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 111 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 30 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:** 34 rows; 2002-09-05 through 2026-02-19; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 69 rows; 2001-05-08 through 2026-02-18; 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/highpoint-quarry-0900020`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/highpoint-quarry-0900020`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0900020/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0900020/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0900020/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`