# Edgar Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0900359
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Kaolin and Ball Clay
- **Location:** Wilkinson, GA
- **Operator:** BASF Corporation
- **Controller:** BASF SE
- **Public source rows linked:** 4,980
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**BASF SE (0062309) → BASF Corporation (0078943) → Edgar Plant (0900359)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Engelhard Corp → BASF Catalysts LLC:** 1950-01-01 through 2006-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0900359; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **BASF SE → BASF Catalysts LLC:** 2006-08-01 through 2010-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0900359; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **BASF SE → BASF Corporation:** 2010-04-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0900359; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 8
- 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 — 5 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 45 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,380 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 41 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 425 violation rows across the full record; 74 carry an S&S flag and $94,697 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 68 samples:** Occupational health samples 68 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 49K employee hours and 89 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 48 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 5 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 38 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 28 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 — 23 since 2021:** Inspections 103 inspection events and 4K 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 56.4201 — Inspection.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4201
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **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 56.14107 — Moving machine parts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14107
- **30 CFR 56.16005 — Securing gas cylinders.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-O/section-56.16005
- **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 56.11001 — 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 56.15006 — Protective equipment and clothing for hazards and irritants.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-N/section-56.15006

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 45 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2023-11-14; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1976-07-04 through 1976-07-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 425 rows; 2000-05-15 through 2024-07-09; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2012-07-03 through 2022-02-23; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 38 rows; 2003-03-13 through 2008-07-31; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2010-12-15 through 2021-08-19; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,957 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 638 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2010-04-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 103 rows; 2000-05-15 through 2026-07-27; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 212 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 54 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:** 68 rows; 2002-04-18 through 2026-07-28; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 425 rows; 2000-05-15 through 2024-07-09; 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/edgar-plant-0900359`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/edgar-plant-0900359`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0900359/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0900359/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0900359/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`