# Kasota Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2102836
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Sandstone
- **Location:** Le Sueur, MN
- **Operator:** Covia Holdings Corporation
- **Controller:** Covia Holdings LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,666
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Covia Holdings LLC (0159743) → Covia Holdings Corporation (L00645) → Kasota Plant (2102836)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **S C R-Sibelco Nv et al → Unimin Minnesota Corp:** 1981-06-01 through 2011-05-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 2102836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **S C R-Sibelco Nv et al → Covia Holdings Corporation:** 2011-05-13 through 2020-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 2102836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Covia Holdings LLC → Covia Holdings Corporation:** 2021-01-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2102836; 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 84 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 537 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 208 violation rows across the full record; 27 carry an S&S flag and $42,122 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 44 samples:** Occupational health samples 44 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 10K employee hours and 25 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 9 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 5 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 12 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 58 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 50.20-1 — General instructions for completing MSHA Form 7000-1.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20-1
- **30 CFR 56.12018 — Identification of power switches.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12018
- **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 56.16005 — 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 56.12019 — Access to stationary electrical equipment or switchgear.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12019
- **30 CFR 56.16006 — Protection of gas cylinder valves.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-O/section-56.16006
- **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 56.14207 — Parking procedures for unattended equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14207
- **30 CFR 46.3 — Training plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-46/section-46.3
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 84 rows; 2000-11-16 through 2019-09-26; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2020-01-18 through 2020-01-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 207 rows; 2000-11-28 through 2020-04-27; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2013-11-18 through 2014-04-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 5 rows; 2015-02-09 through 2018-08-27; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2012-12-19 through 2012-12-19; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,459 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 339 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1981-06-01 through 2011-05-13; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 58 rows; 2000-11-28 through 2020-04-21; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 205 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 48 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:** 44 rows; 2001-03-28 through 2019-01-09; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 208 rows; 2000-11-28 through 2020-04-27; 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/kasota-plant-2102836`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/kasota-plant-2102836`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2102836/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2102836/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2102836/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`