# Taylor Towne Quarry

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4503436
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Traprock
- **Location:** Mason, WA
- **Operator:** Northwest Rock, Inc.
- **Controller:** Jason  Messmer; Randy  Rognlin
- **Public source rows linked:** 602
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jason  Messmer; Randy  Rognlin (0137981) → Northwest Rock, Inc. (L15456) → Taylor Towne Quarry (4503436)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Jesse  Kollman → Arris Kollman Trucking Inc:** 2000-04-01 through 2018-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4503436; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jason  Messmer et al → Northwest Rock, Inc.:** 2018-04-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4503436; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Randy  Rognlin et al → Northwest Rock, Inc.:** 2018-04-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4503436; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John D  Friend et al → Northwest Rock, Inc.:** 2018-04-30 through 2006-02-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4503436; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Randy  Rognlin → Northwest Rock, Inc.:** 2018-04-30 through 2017-12-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4503436; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 11
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 64 violation rows across the full record; 18 carry an S&S flag and $8,241 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 5 samples:** Occupational health samples 5 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 360 employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 1 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 46 inspection events and 577 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 56.12030 — 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 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100
- **30 CFR 46.7 — New task training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-46/section-46.7
- **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 56.14130 — 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 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 47.41 — Requirement for container labels.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.41
- **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 56.14103 — Operators stations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14103

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2021-10-01 through 2021-10-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 64 rows; 2000-04-05 through 2017-04-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2003-09-23 through 2003-09-23; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 208 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 35 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2000-04-01 through 2018-04-30; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 46 rows; 2000-04-05 through 2020-09-21; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 136 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 36 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:** 5 rows; 2001-12-05 through 2014-08-07; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 64 rows; 2000-04-05 through 2017-04-04; 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/taylor-towne-quarry-4503436`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/taylor-towne-quarry-4503436`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4503436/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4503436/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4503436/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`