# ALDEN PLANT

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1300058
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC
- **Location:** Hardin, IA
- **Operator:** ILC Resources
- **Controller:** Wells Fargo Iowa Limestone Trust
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,427
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Wells Fargo Iowa Limestone Trust (0187500) → ILC Resources (L34535) → ALDEN PLANT (1300058)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Frank  Goode → ILC Resources:** 1950-01-01 through 2024-07-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1300058; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wells Fargo Iowa Limestone Trust → ILC Resources:** 2024-07-10 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1300058; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 5
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 5 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 19 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 184 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 46 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 332 violation rows across the full record; 55 carry an S&S flag and $128,543 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 55 samples:** Occupational health samples 54 personal; 1 area. 8 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 24K employee hours and 52 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 13 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 5 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 — 14 since 2021:** Inspections 79 inspection events and 2K 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 56.14101 — Brakes.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14101
- **30 CFR 56.14112 — Construction and maintenance of guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14112
- **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 56.12004 — Electrical conductors.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12004
- **30 CFR 56.12018 — Identification of power switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12018
- **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 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 56.9300 — 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
- **30 CFR 56.20013 — Waste receptacles.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20013

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 19 rows; 2001-02-21 through 2026-01-26; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1974-05-15 through 1974-05-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 1 rows; 2016-10-04 through 2016-10-04; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 329 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2026-06-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2011-06-22 through 2012-03-29; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2000-03-06 through 2018-05-09; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2010-01-05 through 2010-09-08; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,177 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 302 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 1950-01-01 through 1950-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 79 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2026-06-03; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 36 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:** 54 rows; 2001-05-01 through 2025-12-02; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 332 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2026-06-04; 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/alden-plant-1300058`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/alden-plant-1300058`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1300058/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1300058/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1300058/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`