# Bear Creek Quarry

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4403890
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC
- **Location:** Smyth, VA
- **Operator:** Cardinal Quarries LLC
- **Controller:** Doug  Dalton
- **Public source rows linked:** 209
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Doug  Dalton (M13395) → Cardinal Quarries LLC (0051702) → Bear Creek Quarry (4403890)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **B & R Quarry Inc → B & R Quarry Inc:** 1950-01-01 through 1978-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4403890; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hodges Luther & Ernie → H & H Stone Company:** 1978-07-01 through 1979-10-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4403890; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Franklin W  Willard → Willard Quarry:** 1979-10-15 through 1999-01-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4403890; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James M  Vannoy → Cardinal Stone Company Inc:** 1999-02-01 through 2003-10-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4403890; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Doug  Dalton → Cardinal Quarries LLC:** 2003-10-16 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4403890; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 15
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 33 violation rows across the full record; 3 carry an S&S flag and $2,423 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 4 samples:** Occupational health samples 4 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 120 employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 1 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 20 inspection events and 254 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 56.12028 — 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 56.11001 — 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 56.4104 — Combustible waste.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4104
- **30 CFR 56.4531 — Flammable or combustible liquid storage buildings or rooms.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4531
- **30 CFR 56.12017 — Work on power circuits.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12017
- **30 CFR 56.12002 — Controls and switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12002
- **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 56.14112 — 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 56.14110 — Flying or falling materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14110
- **30 CFR 56.20003 — Housekeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20003
- **30 CFR 56.12032 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12032
- **30 CFR 56.12040 — Installation of operating controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12040

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2003-05-22 through 2003-05-22; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2007-01-12 through 2007-01-12; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 33 rows; 2000-05-08 through 2006-05-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2006-09-28 through 2006-09-28; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2003-10-16; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 20 rows; 2000-05-08 through 2007-01-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 87 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 23 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:** 4 rows; 2003-07-08 through 2003-07-08; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 33 rows; 2000-05-08 through 2006-05-10; 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/bear-creek-quarry-4403890`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bear-creek-quarry-4403890`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4403890/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4403890/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4403890/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`