# 243 Quarry

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1202409
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC
- **Location:** Putnam, IN
- **Operator:** US Aggregates LLC
- **Controller:** The Heritage Group
- **Public source rows linked:** 954
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**The Heritage Group (M01806) → US Aggregates LLC (L11249) → 243 Quarry (1202409)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Kenneth E  Steiner Jr → S&G Excavating, Inc.:** 2008-06-17 through 2012-03-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202409; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Greg  Gould → North American Limestone Corporation:** 2012-03-30 through 2014-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202409; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dana  Boyd et al → NALC, LLC:** 2014-07-01 through 2019-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202409; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Greg  Gould et al → NALC, LLC:** 2014-07-01 through 2019-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202409; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **The Heritage Group → Heritage Aggregates, LLC:** 2019-06-01 through 2020-04-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202409; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **The Heritage Group → US Aggregates Inc:** 2020-04-21 through 2026-06-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202409; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **The Heritage Group → US Aggregates LLC:** 2026-06-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202409; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 18
- 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 — 5 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 10 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 43 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 37 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 78 violation rows across the full record; 19 carry an S&S flag and $14,610 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 19 samples:** Occupational health samples 15 personal; 4 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 10 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 6 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 6 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 43 inspection events and 799 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 46.9 — Records of training.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-46/section-46.9
- **30 CFR 56.4201 — Inspection.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4201
- **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 56.12032 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12032
- **30 CFR 56.20003 — Housekeeping.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20003
- **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 56.12030 — 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
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 10 rows; 2009-08-07 through 2026-01-20; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2011-12-12 through 2011-12-12; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 4 rows; 2022-04-21 through 2025-09-25; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 77 rows; 2008-12-17 through 2025-03-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2018-05-03 through 2018-05-03; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 6 rows; 2012-09-12 through 2022-01-26; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2017-07-24 through 2017-07-24; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 528 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 140 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2008-06-17 through 2026-06-18; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 43 rows; 2008-12-17 through 2026-06-23; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 40 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:** 15 rows; 2012-08-07 through 2025-09-25; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 78 rows; 2008-12-17 through 2025-03-04; 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/243-quarry-1202409`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/243-quarry-1202409`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1202409/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1202409/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1202409/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`