# Carthage Crushed Limestone

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2300028
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC
- **Location:** Jasper, MO
- **Operator:** ART Quarry TRS LLC
- **Controller:** United States Lime & Minerals Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,450
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**United States Lime & Minerals Inc (M08976) → ART Quarry TRS LLC (L09345) → Carthage Crushed Limestone (2300028)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Roy  Mayes Jr → Carthage Crushed Limestone:** 1950-01-01 through 1999-06-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 2300028; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Vornado Realty Trust → Carthage Crushed Limestone:** 1999-06-25 through 2003-01-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 2300028; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Vornado Realty Trust → ART Quarry TRS LLC:** 2003-01-24 through 2014-03-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 2300028; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **The Yucaipa Companies → ART Quarry TRS LLC:** 2014-03-31 through 2020-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 2300028; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United States Lime & Minerals Inc → ART Quarry TRS LLC:** 2020-07-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2300028; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 13
- 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 — 8 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 71 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,083 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 168 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 702 violation rows across the full record; 158 carry an S&S flag and $194,608 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 435 samples:** Occupational health samples 410 personal; 25 area. 32 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 32K employee hours and 64 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 408 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 143 contested-violation rows, 172 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 93 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 7 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 — 42 since 2021:** Inspections 194 inspection events and 6K 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 62.130 — Permissible exposure level.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.130
- **30 CFR 57.18010 — First aid.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-Q/section-57.18010
- **30 CFR 57.3200 — Correction of hazardous conditions.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-B/section-57.3200
- **30 CFR 57.14107 — Moving machine parts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14107
- **30 CFR 57.5001 — Exposure limits for airborne contaminants.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-D/section-57.5001
- **30 CFR 49.8 — Training for mine rescue teams.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-49/subpart-A/section-49.8
- **30 CFR 57.14207 — Parking procedures for unattended equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14207
- **30 CFR 57.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14100
- **30 CFR 57.4603 — Closure of valves.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4603
- **30 CFR 57.16006 — Protection of gas cylinder valves.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-O/section-57.16006
- **30 CFR 57.4260 — Underground self-propelled equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4260

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 71 rows; 2000-01-14 through 2026-02-24; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1974-05-20 through 1974-05-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 25 rows; 2011-05-03 through 2026-06-03; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 689 rows; 2000-02-08 through 2026-08-21; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 172 rows; 2001-01-25 through 2023-07-07; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 93 rows; 2000-03-14 through 2021-02-03; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 143 rows; 2008-03-05 through 2022-11-30; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 657 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 131 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2003-01-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 194 rows; 2000-02-08 through 2026-10-12; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 48 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 108 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:** 410 rows; 2000-06-22 through 2026-08-06; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 702 rows; 2000-02-08 through 2026-10-14; 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/carthage-crushed-limestone-2300028`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/carthage-crushed-limestone-2300028`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2300028/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2300028/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2300028/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`