# TARAN BROTHERS S1 SLATE QUARRY

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4300336
- **Status:** Intermittent
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Dimension Slate
- **Location:** Rutland, VT
- **Operator:** TARAN BROTHERS SLATE CO.
- **Controller:** Stephen M Taran; Joseph M Taran
- **Public source rows linked:** 496
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Stephen M Taran; Joseph M Taran (0191721) → TARAN BROTHERS SLATE CO. (L06234) → TARAN BROTHERS S1 SLATE QUARRY (4300336)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Francis R  Hayes → South Poultney Slate Company:** 1980-03-01 through 2014-07-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4300336; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Stephen M  Taran → Taran Brothers Slate Co.:** 2014-07-08 through 2025-03-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4300336; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Stephen M Taran et al → Taran Brothers Slate Co.:** 2025-03-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4300336; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joseph M Taran et al → Taran Brothers Slate Co.:** 2025-03-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4300336; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- 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: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 8 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 16 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 118 violation rows across the full record; 25 carry an S&S flag and $23,226 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 21 samples:** Occupational health samples 21 personal. 7 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 604 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 36 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 15 contested-violation rows, 15 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 6 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 — 9 since 2021:** Inspections 65 inspection events and 763 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 56.9301 — Dump site restraints.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-H/section-56.9301
- **30 CFR 56.6101 — Areas around explosive material storage facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-E/section-56.6101
- **30 CFR 56.23002 — Written safety program.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-T/section-56.23002
- **30 CFR 56.11002 — Handrails and toeboards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11002
- **30 CFR 56.6132 — Magazine requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-E/section-56.6132
- **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 56.12030 — Correction of dangerous conditions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12030
- **30 CFR 56.3131 — Pit or quarry wall perimeter.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-B/section-56.3131
- **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
- **30 CFR 56.4101 — Warning signs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4101
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2000-02-01 through 2000-02-01; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-07-08 through 2014-07-08; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 117 rows; 2000-08-01 through 2026-03-31; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 15 rows; 2009-11-12 through 2012-12-05; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 6 rows; 2007-05-10 through 2007-05-10; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 15 rows; 2007-11-19 through 2007-11-26; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1980-03-01 through 2014-07-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 65 rows; 2000-08-01 through 2026-03-31; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 105 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 27 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:** 21 rows; 2004-03-24 through 2024-10-17; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 118 rows; 2000-08-01 through 2026-03-31; 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/taran-brothers-s1-slate-quarry-4300336`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/taran-brothers-s1-slate-quarry-4300336`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4300336/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4300336/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4300336/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`