# Blue Ribbon Quarries, Inc

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0901116
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Dimension Granite
- **Location:** Oglethorpe, GA
- **Operator:** Blue Ribbon Quarries Inc
- **Controller:** Larry R  Cook
- **Public source rows linked:** 327
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Larry R  Cook (0150161) → Blue Ribbon Quarries Inc (L17290) → Blue Ribbon Quarries, Inc (0901116)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **W L  Cary Sr  et al → W L Carey General Contractors Inc:** 1999-02-01 through 2002-02-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 0901116; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Vince  Fernandez → Blue Ribbon Quarries Inc:** 2002-02-15 through 2007-01-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 0901116; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Larry Ray  Cook  et al → Blue Ribbon Quarries Inc:** 2007-01-23 through 2018-02-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 0901116; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ted  Sims  et al → Blue Ribbon Quarries Inc:** 2007-01-23 through 2018-02-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 0901116; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Larry R  Cook → Blue Ribbon Quarries Inc:** 2018-02-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0901116; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- 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 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 5 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 85 violation rows across the full record; 31 carry an S&S flag and $11,679 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 18 samples:** Occupational health samples 18 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 2K employee hours and 6 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 8 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 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 — 12 since 2021:** Inspections 84 inspection events and 962 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 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 56.18020 — Working alone.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-Q/section-56.18020
- **30 CFR 41.30 — Address of record and telephone number.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-C/section-41.30
- **30 CFR 56.14115 — Stationary grinding machines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14115
- **30 CFR 56.14207 — Parking procedures for unattended equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14207
- **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 56.4130 — Electric substations and liquid storage facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4130
- **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 56.11001 — 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:** 2 rows; 2017-11-15 through 2020-10-22; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1999-02-03 through 1999-02-03; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 81 rows; 2000-02-28 through 2025-03-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2010-09-27 through 2010-09-27; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2005-08-11 through 2005-08-11; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2008-08-23 through 2008-08-23; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1999-02-01 through 2002-02-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 84 rows; 2000-02-28 through 2026-08-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 29 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:** 18 rows; 2003-07-09 through 2024-02-21; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 85 rows; 2000-02-28 through 2025-03-05; 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/blue-ribbon-quarries-inc-0901116`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/blue-ribbon-quarries-inc-0901116`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0901116/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0901116/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0901116/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`