# BUCK MTN QUARRY

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3609216
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Sandstone
- **Location:** Luzerne, PA
- **Operator:** BRDARIC EXCAVATING, INC.
- **Controller:** Jamie A Brdaric
- **Public source rows linked:** 312
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jamie A Brdaric (0116741) → BRDARIC EXCAVATING, INC. (0052176) → BUCK MTN QUARRY (3609216)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **John P  Brdaric Jr → Brdaric Excavating, Inc.:** 2004-03-23 through 2015-02-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609216; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jamie A Brdaric → Brdaric Excavating, Inc.:** 2015-02-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3609216; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 5
- 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 4 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 66 violation rows across the full record; 21 carry an S&S flag and $15,032 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 19 samples:** Occupational health samples 19 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 63 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 25 contested-violation rows, 25 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 13 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 — 14 since 2021:** Inspections 48 inspection events and 716 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 56.14103 — Operators stations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14103
- **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 56.12004 — Electrical conductors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12004
- **30 CFR 56.12028 — Testing grounding systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12028
- **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 56.4011 — Abandoned electric circuits.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4011
- **30 CFR 56.14101 — Brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14101
- **30 CFR 56.14112 — Construction and maintenance of guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14112
- **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
- **30 CFR 56.20011 — Barricades and warning signs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20011
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-04-02 through 2013-04-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 66 rows; 2004-03-23 through 2024-06-12; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 25 rows; 2011-08-30 through 2016-02-16; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 13 rows; 2012-03-14 through 2018-07-10; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 25 rows; 2010-10-27 through 2015-03-10; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2004-03-23 through 2004-03-23; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 48 rows; 2004-03-23 through 2026-08-18; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 46 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:** 19 rows; 2004-05-19 through 2026-08-19; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 66 rows; 2004-03-23 through 2024-06-12; 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/buck-mtn-quarry-3609216`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/buck-mtn-quarry-3609216`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3609216/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3609216/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3609216/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`