# Branson Quarry

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2302138
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC
- **Location:** Taney, MO
- **Operator:** APAC-Central, Inc
- **Controller:** CRH PLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 591
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**CRH PLC (M06183) → APAC-Central, Inc (L11502) → Branson Quarry (2302138)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **William D  Eckhoff et al → Southwest Lime Quarry Inc:** 1996-05-01 through 1998-02-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 2302138; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ashland Inc → Apac-Missouri Inc:** 1998-02-03 through 2006-08-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 2302138; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **CRH PLC → Apac-Missouri Inc:** 2006-08-28 through 2010-09-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 2302138; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ashland Inc → APAC-Central, Inc:** 2010-09-30 through 2006-08-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 2302138; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **CRH PLC → APAC-Central, Inc:** 2010-09-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2302138; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 12
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 7 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 67 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 48 violation rows across the full record; 15 carry an S&S flag and $9,964 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 30 samples:** Occupational health samples 30 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 777 employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 16 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 12 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 46 inspection events and 527 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 56.12006 — 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 56.12018 — Identification of power switches.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12018
- **30 CFR 56.14101 — Brakes.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14101
- **30 CFR 56.7002 — Equipment defects.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-F/section-56.7002
- **30 CFR 56.14132 — Horns and backup alarms.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14132
- **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 56.18010 — First aid.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-Q/section-56.18010
- **30 CFR 56.11016 — Snow and ice on walkways and travelways.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11016
- **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
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 7 rows; 2000-07-12 through 2006-08-19; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2020-04-27 through 2020-04-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 48 rows; 2000-08-10 through 2019-04-02; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2012-12-04 through 2012-12-04; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 12 rows; 2000-08-30 through 2006-12-11; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2011-10-06 through 2011-10-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 121 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 21 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1996-05-01 through 2010-09-30; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 46 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2019-12-10; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 200 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 47 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:** 30 rows; 2001-11-15 through 2019-04-03; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 48 rows; 2000-08-10 through 2019-04-02; 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/branson-quarry-2302138`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/branson-quarry-2302138`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2302138/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2302138/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2302138/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`