# Premium Sandstone Quarry

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4104918
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Sandstone
- **Location:** Palo Pinto, TX
- **Operator:** Premium Sandstone
- **Controller:** JAAR Trust; Robert  Deanda; Jennifer  Ruff; Michael  Ruff
- **Public source rows linked:** 306
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**JAAR Trust; Robert  Deanda; Jennifer  Ruff; Michael  Ruff (0164281) → Premium Sandstone (0120513) → Premium Sandstone Quarry (4104918)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Joel  Taylor et al → Premium Sandstone:** 2011-11-28 through 2021-08-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4104918; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael  Ruff et al → Premium Sandstone:** 2011-11-28 through 2021-08-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4104918; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **JAAR Trust et al → Premium Sandstone:** 2021-08-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4104918; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael  Ruff et al → Premium Sandstone:** 2021-08-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4104918; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jennifer  Ruff et al → Premium Sandstone:** 2021-08-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4104918; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert  Deanda et al → Premium Sandstone:** 2021-08-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4104918; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 9
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 43 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 107 violation rows across the full record; 29 carry an S&S flag and $26,414 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 18 samples:** Occupational health samples 18 personal. 2 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 — 8 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 4 contested-violation rows, 4 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 — 15 since 2021:** Inspections 43 inspection events and 531 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 56.3200 — Correction of hazardous conditions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-B/section-56.3200
- **30 CFR 56.9300 — Berms or guardrails.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-H/section-56.9300
- **30 CFR 56.4130 — Electric substations and liquid storage facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4130
- **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 56.11001 — 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 56.14130 — 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 46.8 — Annual refresher training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-46/section-46.8
- **30 CFR 46.4 — Training plan implementation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-46/section-46.4
- **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 56.15001 — First-aid materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-N/section-56.15001

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2019-08-27 through 2019-08-27; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-02-05 through 2013-02-05; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 106 rows; 2012-06-20 through 2026-06-16; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 4 rows; 2014-09-19 through 2014-09-19; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 4 rows; 2014-01-28 through 2014-01-28; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2011-11-28 through 2011-11-28; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 43 rows; 2012-06-20 through 2026-06-16; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 15 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:** 18 rows; 2012-10-16 through 2025-03-11; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 107 rows; 2012-06-20 through 2026-06-16; 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/premium-sandstone-quarry-4104918`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/premium-sandstone-quarry-4104918`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4104918/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4104918/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4104918/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`