# Newhart Quarry

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3609211
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Dimension Stone NEC
- **Location:** Susquehanna, PA
- **Operator:** Meshoppen Stone Inc
- **Controller:** William M  Ruark
- **Public source rows linked:** 155
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**William M  Ruark (M36190) → Meshoppen Stone Inc (L36190) → Newhart Quarry (3609211)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Frank A Newhart Jr → Frank A. Newhart Jr.:** 2004-03-08 through 2005-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609211; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William M  Ruark → Meshoppen Stone Inc:** 2005-04-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609211; 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 10 violation rows across the full record; 5 carry an S&S flag and $1,949 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 0 samples:** Occupational health samples No published samples. 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 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 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 15 inspection events and 112 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 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (2 retained recent rows) — 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.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14132
- **30 CFR 56.15004 — Eye protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-N/section-56.15004
- **30 CFR 46.5 — New miner training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-46/section-46.5
- **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 56.1000 — 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 41.20 — Legal identity report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-C/section-41.20
- **30 CFR 56.4200 — General requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4200

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2017-04-06 through 2017-04-06; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 10 rows; 2004-04-28 through 2015-07-15; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2009-03-18 through 2009-03-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2008-03-27 through 2008-03-27; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 35 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2004-03-08 through 2005-04-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 15 rows; 2004-04-28 through 2016-08-16; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 56 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Violations:** 10 rows; 2004-04-28 through 2015-07-15; 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/newhart-quarry-3609211`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/newhart-quarry-3609211`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3609211/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3609211/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3609211/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`