# Elgin Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4100293
- **Status:** Intermittent
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Common Clays NEC
- **Location:** Bastrop, TX
- **Operator:** General Shale Brick, Inc.
- **Controller:** Wienerberger AG
- **Public source rows linked:** 874
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Wienerberger AG (M13043) → General Shale Brick, Inc. (0057717) → Elgin Plant (4100293)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **R G  Payne et al → Payne Brick Company Ltd:** 1950-01-01 through 1987-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4100293; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jannock Ltd → Forterra Brick, LLC:** 1987-06-01 through 2002-04-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4100293; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hanson PLC → Forterra Brick, LLC:** 2002-04-16 through 2007-08-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4100293; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Heidelberg Materials AG → Forterra Brick, LLC:** 2007-08-23 through 2015-03-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4100293; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lone Star Funds → Forterra Brick, LLC:** 2015-03-13 through 2017-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4100293; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lone Star Funds Inc et al → Meridian Brick LLC:** 2017-04-01 through 2021-10-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4100293; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Boral Industries Inc et al → Meridian Brick LLC:** 2017-04-01 through 2021-10-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4100293; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wienerberger AG → Meridian Brick LLC:** 2021-10-18 through 2023-11-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4100293; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wienerberger AG → General Shale Brick, Inc.:** 2023-11-15 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4100293; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 21
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 5 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 16 violation rows across the full record; 3 carry an S&S flag and $2,923 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 0 samples:** Occupational health samples No published samples. 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 24 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 — 7 since 2021:** Inspections 30 inspection events and 225 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.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14132
- **30 CFR 46.5 — New miner training.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-46/section-46.5
- **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 56.15001 — First-aid materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-N/section-56.15001
- **30 CFR 46.9 — Records of training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-46/section-46.9
- **30 CFR 56.9301 — Dump site restraints.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-H/section-56.9301
- **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 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **30 CFR 46.8 — Annual refresher training.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-46/section-46.8
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2004-09-22 through 2004-09-22; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-04-22 through 2013-04-22; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 16 rows; 2005-11-08 through 2026-08-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2025-10-30 through 2025-10-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2025-04-02 through 2025-04-02; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 447 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 104 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2023-11-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 30 rows; 2000-06-14 through 2026-08-11; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 200 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 47 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Violations:** 16 rows; 2005-11-08 through 2026-08-11; 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/elgin-plant-4100293`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/elgin-plant-4100293`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4100293/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4100293/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4100293/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`