# SKYGUSTY PLANT

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608674
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Crushed, Broken Sandstone
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Prime Processing, Inc.
- **Controller:** Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 320
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (M00106) → Prime Processing, Inc. (0055016) → SKYGUSTY PLANT (4608674)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Nancy K  Preservati et al → Regal Rock Inc:** 1997-11-01 through 2010-12-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608674; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Richard G  Preservati et al → Regal Rock Inc:** 1997-11-01 through 2010-12-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608674; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **ArcelorMittal → Prime Processing, Inc.:** 2010-12-03 through 2020-12-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608674; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Steven W  Haynes et al → Prime Processing, Inc.:** 2010-12-03 through 2008-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608674; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cleveland-Cliffs Inc → Prime Processing, Inc.:** 2020-12-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608674; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 11
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 73 violation rows across the full record; 22 carry an S&S flag and $9,845 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 7 samples:** Occupational health samples 7 personal. 3 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 28 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 7 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 21 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 17 inspection events and 344 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 56.14130 — Roll-over protective structures (ROPS) and seat belts.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14130
- **30 CFR 56.12006 — Distribution boxes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12006
- **30 CFR 56.4201 — Inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4201
- **30 CFR 56.1000 — Notification of commencement of operations and closing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-A/section-56.1000
- **30 CFR 56.4203 — Extinguisher recharging or replacement.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4203
- **30 CFR 56.4102 — Spillage and leakage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4102
- **30 CFR 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100
- **30 CFR 56.14131 — Seat belts for haulage trucks.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14131
- **30 CFR 56.14103 — Operators stations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14103
- **30 CFR 56.12040 — Installation of operating controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12040

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2003-04-14 through 2003-04-14; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-08-05 through 2013-08-05; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 73 rows; 2000-08-29 through 2011-09-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 7 rows; 2004-05-28 through 2004-05-28; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 21 rows; 2004-07-30 through 2005-02-16; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1997-11-01 through 2010-12-03; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 17 rows; 2000-08-29 through 2011-09-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 99 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 15 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:** 7 rows; 2002-12-11 through 2004-04-15; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 73 rows; 2000-08-29 through 2011-09-08; 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/skygusty-plant-4608674`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/skygusty-plant-4608674`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608674/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608674/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608674/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`