# Shimer Quarry

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3608905
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Dimension Stone NEC
- **Location:** Susquehanna, PA
- **Operator:** Joe Squid Inc
- **Controller:** Joe E  Calamari
- **Public source rows linked:** 91
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Joe E  Calamari (0078073) → Joe Squid Inc (0092905) → Shimer Quarry (3608905)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Ed  Merritt → Ed Merritt:** 2001-02-15 through 2003-08-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608905; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rodney P  Martin → RPM 1 & 2 Stone Co.:** 2003-08-11 through 2005-07-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608905; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Enos E  Yoder et al → R and E Quarry:** 2005-07-29 through 2008-06-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608905; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Raymond  Mast et al → R and E Quarry:** 2005-07-29 through 2008-06-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608905; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joe E  Calamari → Joe Squid Inc:** 2008-06-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608905; 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 8 violation rows across the full record; 3 carry an S&S flag and $886 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 550 employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 10 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 5 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 13 inspection events and 77 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 56.4201 — 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 56.18002 — 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 56.14103 — Operators stations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14103
- **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 56.14132 — 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 56.20008 — Toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20008
- **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 56.15014 — Eye protection when operating grinding wheels.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-N/section-56.15014

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2010-09-28 through 2010-09-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 6 rows; 2008-08-06 through 2009-06-02; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2010-08-19 through 2010-08-19; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2009-06-02 through 2009-06-02; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2001-02-15 through 2008-06-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 13 rows; 2001-08-21 through 2010-09-28; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 37 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 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; 2009-06-02 through 2009-06-02; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 8 rows; 2001-08-21 through 2009-06-02; 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/shimer-quarry-3608905`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/shimer-quarry-3608905`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3608905/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3608905/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3608905/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`