# Superior Cleaning Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4603303
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Superior Processing, Inc.
- **Controller:** Edward A  Asbury
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,757
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Edward A  Asbury (C03440) → Superior Processing, Inc. (0055037) → Superior Cleaning Plant (4603303)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Cyprus Amax Minerals Company → Cannelton Industries Inc:** 1950-01-01 through 1998-06-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603303; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Cannelton Industries Inc:** 1998-06-29 through 2004-10-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603303; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **D L (Jack)  Bowling → Superior Processing, Inc.:** 2004-10-18 through 2008-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603303; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Edward A  Asbury → Superior Processing, Inc.:** 2008-04-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603303; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 11
- 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 — 3 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 7 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 524 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 80 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 362 violation rows across the full record; 113 carry an S&S flag and $149,250 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 561 samples:** Occupational health samples 406 coal dust; 44 coal quartz; 111 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 7 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 6K employee hours and 12 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 101 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 46 contested-violation rows, 46 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 9 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 9 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 — 23 since 2021:** Inspections 121 inspection events and 3K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 39,895
- **Average employees:** 17
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 2

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 77.202 — Dust accumulations in surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.202
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 7 rows; 2010-01-30 through 2024-10-01; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2020-07-27 through 2020-07-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 355 rows; 2000-04-18 through 2026-07-20; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 46 rows; 2011-03-15 through 2022-09-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 406 rows; 2000-04-27 through 2026-09-03; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 9 rows; 2003-01-13 through 2004-11-17; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 46 rows; 2009-06-09 through 2024-10-31; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 836 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 167 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2004-10-18; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 121 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2026-04-15; 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:** 41 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 111 rows; 2000-04-18 through 2026-07-22; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 44 rows; 2000-04-27 through 2026-07-22; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 362 rows; 2000-04-18 through 2026-07-20; 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/superior-cleaning-plant-4603303`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/superior-cleaning-plant-4603303`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4603303/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4603303/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4603303/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`