# Butler Quarry

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1800038
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Dimension Sandstone
- **Location:** Baltimore, MD
- **Operator:** VSP Holdings LLC
- **Controller:** Francis E  Gardiner III
- **Public source rows linked:** 249
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Francis E  Gardiner III (M11869) → VSP Holdings LLC (0140133) → Butler Quarry (1800038)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Joyce E  Weaver → Weaver Stone Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1990-05-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1800038; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **D Scott  Matthews → Butler Stone Quarry Inc:** 1990-05-14 through 2005-06-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1800038; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Agostino J  Vinci → Vinci Stone Products, Inc:** 2005-06-07 through 2015-08-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1800038; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Francis E  Gardiner III et al → VSP Holdings LLC:** 2015-08-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1800038; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 12
- 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 10 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 257 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 60 violation rows across the full record; 19 carry an S&S flag and $8,177 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1 samples:** Occupational health samples 1 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 5K employee hours and 14 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 14 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 7 contested-violation rows, 7 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 36 inspection events and 473 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 56.14207 — 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 56.4201 — Inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4201
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **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
- **30 CFR 56.14101 — Brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14101
- **30 CFR 56.13021 — High-pressure hose connections.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-L/section-56.13021
- **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 56.12004 — 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 56.18002 — 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 56.14100 — 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 56.12025 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 10 rows; 2000-02-25 through 2009-08-25; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2017-12-31 through 2017-12-31; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 60 rows; 2000-06-22 through 2017-11-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 7 rows; 2006-06-02 through 2006-11-21; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 7 rows; 2005-11-08 through 2006-04-25; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2015-08-05; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 36 rows; 2000-06-22 through 2018-09-06; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 22 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **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:** 1 rows; 2014-06-17 through 2014-06-17; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 60 rows; 2000-06-22 through 2017-11-08; 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/butler-quarry-1800038`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/butler-quarry-1800038`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1800038/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1800038/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1800038/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`