# BETHEL WHITE QUARRY

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4300027
- **Status:** Intermittent
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Dimension Granite
- **Location:** Windsor, VT
- **Operator:** Rock of Ages Corp
- **Controller:** Polycor Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,367
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Polycor Inc (M12431) → Rock of Ages Corp (L07520) → BETHEL WHITE QUARRY (4300027)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Nortek Inc → Rock Of Ages Corp:** 1950-01-01 through 1984-02-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4300027; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kurt M  Swenson → Rock of Ages Corp:** 1984-02-22 through 2016-09-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4300027; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Polycor Inc → Rock of Ages Corp:** 2016-09-21 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4300027; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 8
- 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 — 3 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 25 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 803 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 4 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 145 violation rows across the full record; 39 carry an S&S flag and $33,714 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 20 samples:** Occupational health samples 20 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 2K employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 101 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 38 contested-violation rows, 38 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 25 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 6 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 — 7 since 2021:** Inspections 64 inspection events and 1K 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 56.13021 — High-pressure hose connections.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-L/section-56.13021
- **30 CFR 56.14115 — Stationary grinding machines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14115
- **30 CFR 56.12013 — Splices and repairs of power cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12013
- **30 CFR 56.12025 — Grounding circuit enclosures.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12025
- **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 47.44 — Temporary, portable containers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.44
- **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 56.16005 — Securing gas cylinders.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-O/section-56.16005
- **30 CFR 47.42 — Label contents.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.42
- **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 56.13015 — Inspection of compressed-air receivers and other unfired pressure vessels.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-L/section-56.13015

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 25 rows; 2000-10-05 through 2025-08-25; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-03-11 through 2025-03-11; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 142 rows; 2001-09-18 through 2024-04-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 38 rows; 2009-01-22 through 2013-08-07; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 25 rows; 2012-06-04 through 2012-06-04; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 38 rows; 2007-12-12 through 2012-08-27; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 497 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 102 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1950-01-01 through 1984-02-22; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 64 rows; 2001-09-18 through 2026-04-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 212 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 54 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:** 20 rows; 2003-07-09 through 2022-05-19; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 145 rows; 2001-09-18 through 2024-04-23; 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/bethel-white-quarry-4300027`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bethel-white-quarry-4300027`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4300027/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4300027/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4300027/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`