# Active Minerals Kaolin Divison

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3800157
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Clay, Ceramic, Refractory Mnls.
- **Location:** Aiken, SC
- **Operator:** Active Minerals International LLC
- **Controller:** J M Huber Corp
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,866
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**J M Huber Corp (M00950) → Active Minerals International LLC (0083424) → Active Minerals Kaolin Divison (3800157)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Stewart D Maurice → Southeastern Clay Co:** 1950-01-01 through 2008-03-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 3800157; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Active Minerals Inc → Active Minerals International LLC:** 2008-03-08 through 2023-03-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 3800157; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Golden Gate Capital → Active Minerals International LLC:** 2023-03-08 through 2024-06-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 3800157; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J M Huber Corp → Active Minerals International LLC:** 2024-06-04 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3800157; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 10
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 16 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 34 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 34 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 236 violation rows across the full record; 59 carry an S&S flag and $93,819 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 59 samples:** Occupational health samples 59 personal. 18 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 23K employee hours and 41 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 56 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 26 contested-violation rows, 26 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 6 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 — 15 since 2021:** Inspections 100 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 56.12028 — 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 56.13011 — Air receiver tanks.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-L/section-56.13011
- **30 CFR 56.20011 — Barricades and warning signs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20011
- **30 CFR 56.20003 — Housekeeping.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20003
- **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 56.14206 — Securing movable parts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14206
- **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 56.4101 — Warning signs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4101
- **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 56.12030 — Correction of dangerous conditions.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12030

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 16 rows; 2000-04-11 through 2026-02-03; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1978-12-18 through 1978-12-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 231 rows; 2000-02-23 through 2026-06-16; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 26 rows; 2010-04-05 through 2015-03-04; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2004-04-08 through 2016-01-05; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 26 rows; 2008-12-02 through 2014-03-26; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 671 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 160 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2008-03-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 100 rows; 2000-02-23 through 2026-06-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 268 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 63 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:** 59 rows; 2000-08-02 through 2024-09-25; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 236 rows; 2000-02-23 through 2026-06-16; 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/active-minerals-kaolin-divison-3800157`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/active-minerals-kaolin-divison-3800157`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3800157/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3800157/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3800157/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`