# Granite Falls Quarry

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4502665
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Traprock
- **Location:** Snohomish, WA
- **Operator:** Iron Mountain Quarry
- **Controller:** James  Burnett; Lawrence P.  Hughes
- **Public source rows linked:** 137
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James  Burnett; Lawrence P.  Hughes (M09806) → Iron Mountain Quarry (L12791) → Granite Falls Quarry (4502665)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Jerry  Morey → Builders Rock Inc:** 1979-01-01 through 1985-06-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4502665; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Burlington Resources Inc → Meridian Aggregates Company:** 1985-06-29 through 1991-02-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4502665; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Meridian Aggregates Company LP → Meridian Aggregates Company:** 1991-03-01 through 2001-04-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4502665; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Martin Marietta Materials Inc → Meridian Aggregates Company LP:** 2001-04-10 through 2004-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4502665; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lawrence P.  Hughes et al → Iron Mountain Quarry:** 2004-10-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4502665; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James  Burnett et al → Iron Mountain Quarry:** 2004-10-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4502665; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 16
- 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 8 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 116 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 20 violation rows across the full record; 3 carry an S&S flag and $3,083 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 15 samples:** Occupational health samples 15 personal. 1 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 1K employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 5 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 4 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 11 inspection events and 257 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 56.11027 — Scaffolds and working platforms.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11027
- **30 CFR 56.13011 — Air receiver tanks.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-L/section-56.13011
- **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 56.20003 — Housekeeping.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20003
- **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 56.12018 — Identification of power switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12018
- **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 56.14100 — 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 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 56.5001 — Exposure limits for airborne contaminants.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-D/section-56.5001

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 8 rows; 2000-08-29 through 2004-04-19; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2004-11-10 through 2004-11-10; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 20 rows; 2000-07-26 through 2004-05-25; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 4 rows; 2001-07-17 through 2001-07-17; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2001-03-01 through 2001-03-01; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1979-01-01 through 2004-10-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 11 rows; 2000-07-26 through 2004-05-24; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 40 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 10 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:** 15 rows; 2001-06-26 through 2004-05-26; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 20 rows; 2000-07-26 through 2004-05-25; 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/granite-falls-quarry-4502665`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/granite-falls-quarry-4502665`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4502665/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4502665/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4502665/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`