# IMERYS SYLACAUGA OPERATIONS

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0100011
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Marble
- **Location:** Talladega, AL
- **Operator:** IMERYS CARBONATES USA, INC.
- **Controller:** Imerys S A
- **Public source rows linked:** 10,234
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Imerys S A (M11763) → IMERYS CARBONATES USA, INC. (L17145) → IMERYS SYLACAUGA OPERATIONS (0100011)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Jim Walter Corp → Georgia Marble Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1989-05-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 0100011; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Imerys S A → Imerys Pigments LLC:** 1989-05-31 through 2008-02-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 0100011; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Imerys S A → Imerys Carbonates LLC:** 2008-02-12 through 2016-02-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 0100011; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Imerys S A → Imerys Carbonates USA, Inc.:** 2016-02-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0100011; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 11
- 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 — 8 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 366 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 6,433 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 227 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,641 violation rows across the full record; 336 carry an S&S flag and $1,197,273 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 116 samples:** Occupational health samples 116 personal. 13 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 147K employee hours and 273 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 387 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 154 contested-violation rows, 154 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 79 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 39 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 — 38 since 2021:** Inspections 204 inspection events and 10K 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 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20
- **30 CFR 56.20001 — Intoxicating beverages and narcotics.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20001
- **30 CFR 56.11001 — Safe access.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11001
- **30 CFR 56.23003 — Requirements for written safety program.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-T/section-56.23003
- **30 CFR 56.15005 — Safety belts and lines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-N/section-56.15005
- **30 CFR 56.14112 — Construction and maintenance of guards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14112
- **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 56.4203 — Extinguisher recharging or replacement.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4203
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 366 rows; 2000-01-28 through 2026-01-13; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1975-11-14 through 1975-11-14; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,622 rows; 2000-05-10 through 2026-08-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 154 rows; 2006-03-22 through 2023-07-13; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 79 rows; 2000-06-09 through 2022-02-02; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 154 rows; 2005-01-03 through 2023-01-18; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 4,493 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 1,000 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2016-02-05; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 204 rows; 2000-01-31 through 2026-08-13; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 318 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 81 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:** 116 rows; 2002-02-06 through 2026-03-18; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,641 rows; 2000-05-10 through 2026-08-13; 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/imerys-sylacauga-operations-0100011`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/imerys-sylacauga-operations-0100011`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0100011/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0100011/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0100011/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`