# Clariant Corporation Georgia Mines

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0901068
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Common Clays NEC
- **Location:** Decatur, GA
- **Operator:** Clariant Corporation
- **Controller:** Clariant AG
- **Public source rows linked:** 970
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Clariant AG (0115503) → Clariant Corporation (0135674) → Clariant Corporation Georgia Mines (0901068)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Rio Tinto Group → Floridin Company:** 1992-10-01 through 1997-11-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 0901068; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Engelhard Corp → BASF Catalysts LLC Quincy Operations:** 1997-11-15 through 2006-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0901068; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Active Minerals Inc → Floridin Company:** 2005-01-20 through 1997-11-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 0901068; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **BASF SE → BASF Catalysts LLC Quincy Operations:** 2006-08-01 through 2011-04-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 0901068; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **BASF SE → BASF Corporation Quincy Operations:** 2011-04-15 through 2022-10-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 0901068; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Clariant AG → Clariant Corporation:** 2022-10-31 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0901068; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 16
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 13 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 43 violation rows across the full record; 12 carry an S&S flag and $20,529 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 6 samples:** Occupational health samples 6 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 704 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 5 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 — 14 since 2021:** Inspections 67 inspection events and 685 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 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (8 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.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14132
- **30 CFR 56.9101 — Operating speeds and control of equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-H/section-56.9101
- **30 CFR 56.3200 — Correction of hazardous conditions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-B/section-56.3200
- **30 CFR 56.9300 — Berms or guardrails.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-H/section-56.9300

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2003-09-25 through 2015-04-30; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1998-12-12 through 1998-12-12; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 43 rows; 2000-02-16 through 2025-03-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2025-03-06 through 2025-03-06; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2012-12-11 through 2024-01-12; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2024-08-02 through 2024-08-02; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 551 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 112 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1992-10-01 through 2022-10-31; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 67 rows; 2000-02-16 through 2026-08-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 105 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 27 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:** 6 rows; 2004-01-29 through 2017-02-23; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 43 rows; 2000-02-16 through 2025-03-11; 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/clariant-corporation-georgia-mines-0901068`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/clariant-corporation-georgia-mines-0901068`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0901068/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0901068/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0901068/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`