# Sparta Quarry

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0901210
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Granite
- **Location:** Hancock, GA
- **Operator:** Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
- **Controller:** Vulcan Materials Company
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,219
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Vulcan Materials Company (0071891) → Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC (L16168) → Sparta Quarry (0901210)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Aggregates USA Holdings LLC → Aggregates USA, LLC:** 2010-12-20 through 2017-12-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 0901210; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Vulcan Materials Company → Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC:** 2017-12-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0901210; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Legacy Vulcan Corp (Form:Vulcan Materials Co) → Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC:** 2017-12-30 through 2007-11-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 0901210; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 8
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 — 2 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 10 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 151 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 5 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 50 violation rows across the full record; 11 carry an S&S flag and $9,557 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 25 samples:** Occupational health samples 24 personal; 1 area. 1 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 18K employee hours and 30 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 39 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 19 contested-violation rows, 19 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 8 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 — 17 since 2021:** Inspections 45 inspection events and 798 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 56.14130 — Roll-over protective structures (ROPS) and seat belts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14130
- **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 56.5001 — 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 56.14109 — 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 56.12018 — 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 56.14107 — 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 56.18002 — Examination of working places.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-Q/section-56.18002
- **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 56.14112 — Construction and maintenance of guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14112
- **30 CFR 56.4101 — Warning signs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4101
- **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 56.4601 — Oxygen cylinder storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4601

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 10 rows; 2011-02-15 through 2022-08-30; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2012-02-03 through 2012-02-03; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 1 rows; 2013-01-30 through 2013-01-30; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 50 rows; 2010-12-27 through 2026-05-19; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 19 rows; 2012-01-04 through 2017-12-01; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2015-03-31 through 2015-03-31; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 19 rows; 2010-12-27 through 2026-05-19; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 611 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 155 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2010-12-20 through 2017-12-30; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 45 rows; 2010-12-27 through 2026-10-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 182 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 47 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:** 24 rows; 2013-01-30 through 2024-09-12; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 50 rows; 2010-12-27 through 2026-05-19; 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/sparta-quarry-0901210`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/sparta-quarry-0901210`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0901210/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0901210/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0901210/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`