# Shale Quarry

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1103112
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC
- **Location:** Livingston, IL
- **Operator:** VCNA Prairie LLC
- **Controller:** VOTORANTIM CIMENTOS
- **Public source rows linked:** 264
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**VOTORANTIM CIMENTOS (0040950) → VCNA Prairie LLC (0089365) → Shale Quarry (1103112)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Richard F  Hatzer → Valley View Industries, Inc.:** 2003-01-06 through 2021-08-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1103112; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **VOTORANTIM CIMENTOS → VCNA Prairie LLC:** 2021-08-10 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1103112; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 6
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 1 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 16 violation rows across the full record; 1 carry an S&S flag and $1,940 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2 samples:** Occupational health samples 2 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 — 4 since 2021:** Inspections 24 inspection events and 216 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 56.12040 — Installation of operating controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12040
- **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 56.14100 — 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 56.12034 — Guarding around lights.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12034
- **30 CFR 56.6102 — Explosive material storage practices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-E/section-56.6102
- **30 CFR 56.12028 — Testing grounding systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12028
- **30 CFR 47.54 — Availability of an MSDS.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-F/section-47.54
- **30 CFR 56.12006 — Distribution boxes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12006
- **30 CFR 47.44 — Temporary, portable containers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.44
- **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 56.6101 — Areas around explosive material storage facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-E/section-56.6101
- **30 CFR 56.12008 — Insulation and fittings for power wires and cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12008

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-09-18 through 2023-09-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 16 rows; 2003-12-01 through 2022-08-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2012-04-02 through 2012-04-02; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2011-05-03 through 2011-05-03; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2003-01-06 through 2021-08-10; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 24 rows; 2003-12-01 through 2023-09-18; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 161 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 39 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:** 2 rows; 2012-03-27 through 2016-04-12; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 16 rows; 2003-12-01 through 2022-08-04; 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/shale-quarry-1103112`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/shale-quarry-1103112`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1103112/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1103112/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1103112/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`