# QUARTZITE QUARRY

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1400699
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Stone NEC
- **Location:** Lincoln, KS
- **Operator:** Apac-Kansas Inc  Shears Division
- **Controller:** CRH PLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,713
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**CRH PLC (M06183) → Apac-Kansas Inc  Shears Division (L09930) → QUARTZITE QUARRY (1400699)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Rex W  Ryan → Quartzite Stone Company Inc:** 1950-01-01 through 1984-06-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1400699; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William  Shears Jr → Quartzite Stone Company Inc:** 1984-06-20 through 1988-12-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1400699; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Superfos America Inc → Couch Construction Materials:** 1988-12-29 through 2000-02-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1400699; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ashland Inc → Apac-Kansas Inc  Shears Division:** 2000-02-22 through 2006-08-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1400699; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **CRH PLC → Apac-Kansas Inc  Shears Division:** 2006-08-28 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1400699; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 14
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 20 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 5 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 24 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 156 violation rows across the full record; 35 carry an S&S flag and $70,801 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 57 samples:** Occupational health samples 57 personal. 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 4K employee hours and 14 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 10 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 9 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 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 — 13 since 2021:** Inspections 64 inspection events and 1K 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 56.14205 — 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 56.12030 — 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 56.12028 — Testing grounding systems.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12028
- **30 CFR 56.14207 — Parking procedures for unattended equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14207
- **30 CFR 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100
- **30 CFR 56.15005 — Safety belts and lines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-N/section-56.15005
- **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 56.12025 — Grounding circuit enclosures.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12025
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 20 rows; 2000-07-10 through 2023-03-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-11-05 through 2024-11-05; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 156 rows; 2000-02-24 through 2024-05-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2000-12-08 through 2000-12-08; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 9 rows; 2000-05-03 through 2024-10-07; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 699 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 169 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2000-02-22; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 64 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2024-05-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 300 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 75 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:** 57 rows; 2001-06-27 through 2024-01-03; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 156 rows; 2000-02-24 through 2024-05-08; 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/quartzite-quarry-1400699`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/quartzite-quarry-1400699`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1400699/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1400699/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1400699/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`