# Savannah Operations

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0901073
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Clay, Ceramic, Refractory Mnls.
- **Location:** Appling, GA
- **Operator:** BASF Corporation
- **Controller:** BASF SE
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,419
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**BASF SE (0062309) → BASF Corporation (0078943) → Savannah Operations (0901073)**

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:** 1993-08-01 through 2006-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0901073; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **BASF SE → BASF Catalysts LLC:** 2006-08-01 through 2010-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0901073; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **BASF SE → BASF Corporation:** 2010-04-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0901073; 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 43 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 367 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 182 violation rows across the full record; 51 carry an S&S flag and $129,461 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 10 samples:** Occupational health samples 10 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 42K employee hours and 77 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 9 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 3 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 7 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 34 inspection events and 844 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 56.13021 — High-pressure hose connections.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-L/section-56.13021
- **30 CFR 46.9 — Records of training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-46/section-46.9
- **30 CFR 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100
- **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 56.4011 — Abandoned electric circuits.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4011
- **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 56.12004 — 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 56.12032 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12032
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 43 rows; 2001-02-13 through 2010-11-14; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2011-02-04 through 2011-02-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 182 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2010-04-26; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2007-11-19 through 2010-06-21; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2000-07-31 through 2000-07-31; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 3 rows; 2007-02-13 through 2008-07-09; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 700 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 144 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1993-08-01 through 2010-04-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 34 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2010-04-20; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 88 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 22 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:** 10 rows; 2002-07-17 through 2009-04-29; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 182 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2010-04-26; 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/savannah-operations-0901073`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/savannah-operations-0901073`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0901073/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0901073/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0901073/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`