# BSQ II

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3609125
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Dimension Slate
- **Location:** Susquehanna, PA
- **Operator:** B S Quarries Inc
- **Controller:** Timothy M  Smith
- **Public source rows linked:** 328
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Timothy M  Smith (M11374) → B S Quarries Inc (L14944) → BSQ II (3609125)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Tammy L  Norton → Norman & Tammy Norton:** 2003-01-08 through 2005-06-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609125; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Timothy M  Smith → B S Quarries Inc:** 2005-06-06 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609125; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 6
- 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 31 violation rows across the full record; 11 carry an S&S flag and $6,054 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 13 samples:** Occupational health samples 13 personal. 9 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 23 inspection events and 311 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 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 56.11001 — Safe access.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11001
- **30 CFR 56.1000 — Notification of commencement of operations and closing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-A/section-56.1000
- **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 56.6306 — Loading, blasting, and security.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-E/section-56.6306
- **30 CFR 56.6302 — Separation of explosive material.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-E/section-56.6302
- **30 CFR 56.9300 — Berms or guardrails.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-H/section-56.9300
- **30 CFR 56.14130 — Roll-over protective structures (ROPS) and seat belts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14130
- **30 CFR 56.4203 — Extinguisher recharging or replacement.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4203

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-05-20 through 2014-05-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 30 rows; 2003-06-25 through 2014-04-25; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2006-03-29 through 2006-03-29; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 125 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 15 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2003-01-08 through 2005-06-06; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 23 rows; 2003-06-25 through 2014-04-25; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 68 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 17 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:** 13 rows; 2004-03-24 through 2008-05-01; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 31 rows; 2003-06-25 through 2014-04-25; 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/bsq-ii-3609125`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bsq-ii-3609125`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3609125/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3609125/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3609125/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`