# Sugarcreek Operations

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3300528
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Clay, Ceramic, Refractory Mnls.
- **Location:** Tuscarawas, OH
- **Operator:** The Belden Brick Company
- **Controller:** Robert  Belden
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,267
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Robert  Belden (0122741) → The Belden Brick Company (L00055) → Sugarcreek Operations (3300528)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **William H  Belden → The Belden Brick Company:** 1950-01-01 through 2015-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3300528; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert  Belden → The Belden Brick Company:** 2016-01-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3300528; 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 2 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 26 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 889 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 23 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 78 violation rows across the full record; 18 carry an S&S flag and $19,296 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 99 samples:** Occupational health samples 99 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 19K employee hours and 36 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 34 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 17 contested-violation rows, 17 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 70 inspection events and 1K 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 56.14132 — Horns and backup alarms.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14132
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 47.44 — Temporary, portable containers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.44
- **30 CFR 46.4 — Training plan implementation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-46/section-46.4
- **30 CFR 56.12028 — Testing grounding systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12028
- **30 CFR 56.18002 — Examination of working places.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-Q/section-56.18002
- **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 56.3131 — Pit or quarry wall perimeter.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-B/section-56.3131
- **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 56.11001 — Safe access.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11001
- **30 CFR 56.4230 — Self-propelled equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4230

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 26 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2025-07-10; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1977-08-25 through 1977-08-25; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 77 rows; 2000-08-15 through 2026-05-12; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 17 rows; 2012-02-28 through 2013-02-22; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 17 rows; 2010-03-02 through 2010-03-03; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 555 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 105 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:** 70 rows; 2000-08-15 through 2026-05-11; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 174 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 45 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:** 99 rows; 2002-07-09 through 2026-05-11; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 78 rows; 2000-08-15 through 2026-05-12; 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/sugarcreek-operations-3300528`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/sugarcreek-operations-3300528`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3300528/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3300528/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3300528/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`