# Bloomfield  Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2301602
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Common Clays NEC
- **Location:** Stoddard, MO
- **Operator:** Nestle  Purina Pet Care
- **Controller:** Nestle S A
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,870
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Nestle S A (0041035) → Nestle  Purina Pet Care (0050705) → Bloomfield  Plant (2301602)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Edward Lowe Industries Inc → Southern Clay-Div/Edward Lowe Industries Inc:** 1950-01-01 through 1991-01-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 2301602; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Good Capital Inc & Knightsbridge Inc → Golden Cat Corp:** 1991-01-23 through 1995-05-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 2301602; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ralston Purina Company → Ralston Purina Company:** 1995-05-12 through 2001-12-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 2301602; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Nestle S A → Nestle  Purina Pet Care:** 2002-01-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2301602; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 12
- 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 — 23 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 109 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 3,200 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 114 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 257 violation rows across the full record; 37 carry an S&S flag and $44,700 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 56 samples:** Occupational health samples 56 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 270K employee hours and 515 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 53 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 24 contested-violation rows, 24 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 5 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 13 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 — 17 since 2021:** Inspections 72 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 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (7 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100
- **30 CFR 56.12008 — Insulation and fittings for power wires and cables.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12008
- **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 56.20003 — Housekeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20003

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 109 rows; 2000-02-01 through 2026-09-09; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1976-11-03 through 1976-11-03; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 252 rows; 2000-02-17 through 2026-06-17; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 24 rows; 2008-06-27 through 2026-06-11; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 5 rows; 2007-08-01 through 2019-12-09; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 24 rows; 2007-07-07 through 2025-08-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,451 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 253 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2001-12-11; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 72 rows; 2000-02-17 through 2026-08-31; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 306 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 55 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:** 56 rows; 2001-09-26 through 2025-08-05; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 257 rows; 2000-02-17 through 2026-08-31; 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/bloomfield-plant-2301602`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bloomfield-plant-2301602`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2301602/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2301602/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2301602/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`