MINE DETAILS
ASBURY PLANT
MSHA MINE ID2800956
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- ASBURY PLANT40.69389, -75.00889Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-17. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.
Coal production
—reported short tons
Hours worked
—reported employee hours
Tons per hour
—production ÷ hours worked
Missing values appear as —. Totals use available reports. Tons per hour requires production and hours for the same quarters and a nonzero hours total. * Striped bars mark partial mine coverage or an incomplete quarter. See the table for coverage.
Quarterly data and reporting coverage
| Quarter | Coal (short tons) | Hours worked | Tons / hour | Avg. employees | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2025 Q2 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2025 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2025 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q1 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q2 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-17
Violations
71 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
60 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
1,115.007 of 7 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
28.754 inspections · 4 with hours
Counts are published records, including contractor records. * The quarter was incomplete at the snapshot date; recent counts may rise as reports arrive. — means no reported amount or hours. Portfolio totals use current membership.
Quarterly safety data
| Quarter | Violations | S&S | Proposed USD | Accident records | Fatality records | Inspections | On-site hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 | 0 | 302.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.5 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.5 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 151.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q3 | 4 | 1 | 662.00 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11.8 |
| 2026-Q4 * | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
Employee had obtained a sample and was walking to the plant from the lab when they fell on a sloped area of pavement injuring their right shoulder. Medical evaluation is ongoing, employee was restricted to no use of their right arm.
Compliance Follow-up Inspection · 1.5 on-site hours
50.40(b) · $151.00 proposed
50.30(a) · $151.00 proposed
50.30(a) · $151.00 proposed
56.20003(a) · S&S · $209.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 10.3 on-site hours
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
Employee moving a pallet pulled a muscle in EE's left arm.
56.20003(a) · $151.00 proposed
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
Employee had to stretch to get a plastic cover over a super-sack; in doing so, the employee slipped and fell. Upon impact, the employee's left thumb was jammed into the side of the pallet. The employee was able to stand up but was unable to move EE's thumb without pain.
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 8.5 on-site hours
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 8.5 on-site hours
56.14207 · $151.00 proposed
56.12030 · $151.00 proposed
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
On 06/23/2025, a 54-year-old employee with 7 years of mining experience was working in the mill near screen 2 packing off bags of finished material When picking up a bag to place it on the pallet, EE felt a strain in EE's back and told EE's on-shift foreman, stating EE's back was bothering EE. The employee later informed the foreman EE was going to the clinic.
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID)
Accident narrative
While feeding material into a material bin with a feed screw. the employee used a shovel handle to push the material into the feeding screw. The feed screw grabbed the handle and the handle hit the employees face and the employee received a cut that required first aid. There were no stitches; however, a 7 day cycle of antibiotics was provided.
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Accident narrative
Employee was packaging 50lb bags only 2-3 bags, happened at beginning of shift. Employee stacking height was 4.5 feet. Employee stated EE was swinging bag into place on the pallet.
Safety sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-17.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.
CFR headings link to the current Title 30 index; they are not historical legal determinations.
OWNERSHIP
Operator and controller history
Current ownership comes from MSHA Mines. Historical start and end dates come from MSHA Controller and Operator History.
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Asbury Advanced MaterialscontrolsAsbury Graphite Mills IncoperatesASBURY PLANT
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 2800956Other historical summaries · source-specific periods
RECORD SUMMARY
Production, safety and enforcement
These summaries use the periods stated on each card, independently of the reporting period above.
01 / SAFETYwatch
Accidents and injuries
68 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,537 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD19 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEwatch
Violations and penalties
188 violation rows across the full record; 44 carry an S&S flag and $44,357 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY38 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHwatch
Occupational health samples
23 personal. 5 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.
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE23 samples
personal-health-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
25K employee hours and 50 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
2002-Q40 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALneutral
Contests, conferences and decisions
0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE0 linked rows
conferencescontested-violationscivil-penalty-dockets-decisions06 / CONTRACTORScontext
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.
ENTITY-LEVEL CONTEXT1 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
76 inspection events and 1K published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE18 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 17, 2026. 2 silica records across the mine’s published history.
Personal silica samples · concentration / limit
Quarterly mean · published C/E ratio
— No eligible measurements. * Quarter in progress. Means describe the available samples, not average exposure across the mine.
Quartz % is the sample’s quartz content; µg/m³ is its reported concentration. Personal C/E is the ratio to the limit published with that sample. Personal and area concentration units and void status are not specified in those source files.
| Date / sample | Dataset / analyte | Occupation / area | Measurement | Sample status | Published action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No silica records match these filters. Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. | |||||
Sources and interpretation
- Coal means use numeric concentrations from samples marked not voided, excluding control/invalid sample types and dates after the snapshot. Missing values remain null; reported zeroes remain zero.
- Quarterly means describe available samples, not mine-wide or worker-average exposure. Quarters with no eligible measurements remain empty; the current quarter is partial.
- Personal C/E is MSHA's published concentration-to-limit ratio. A value above 1 is not by itself a citation or a determination under the 2024 silica rule. Personal and area files do not publish a void-status field.
- Area records include bulk-dust analyses and are kept separate from personal exposure results. Their concentration units are not specified in the source dictionary.
- Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. Coal quartz percentage and concentration are separate measures. No compliance threshold is inferred for coal samples.
Coal quartz field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal personal field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal area field definitions ↗
EIA + TITLE 30
EIA production and cited regulations
EIA annual figures are reported separately from MSHA. Regulation links use the current eCFR snapshot.
Not present in the 2024 EIA coal workbook.
This can mean the operation is non-coal, inactive for the annual period, or outside the EIA-7A reporting population.
30 CFR 50.40Maintenance of records.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 50.30Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.20003Housekeeping.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.14207Parking procedures for unattended equipment.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12030Correction of dangerous conditions.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 57.4603Closure of valves.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 57.14132Horns and backup alarms for surface equipment.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.14100Safety defects; examination, correction and records.1 recent row ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
507766550.40(b)Citation
507766450.30(a)Citation
507766350.30(a)Citation
507766256.20003(a)S&S
507561956.20003(a)Citation
507125856.14207Citation
507125756.12030Citation
980208757.4603(c)Citation
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
Nuisance dust, total, <1% QtzBagging Operator
C/E: 00.79Concentration: 0007.92 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, total, <1% QtzBagging Operator
C/E: 00.77Concentration: 0007.73 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, total, <1% QtzBagging Operator
C/E: 01.46Concentration: 0014.61 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, total, <1% QtzBagging Operator
C/E: 00.76Concentration: 0007.56 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, total, <1% QtzBagging Operator
C/E: 02.74Concentration: 0027.43 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, total, <1% QtzForklift Operator
C/E: 00.03Concentration: 0000.31 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, total, <1% QtzBagging Operator
C/E: 00.94Concentration: 0009.36 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, total, <1% QtzBagging Operator
C/E: 00.16Concentration: 0001.57 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
12 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors68Feb 26, 2001—Sep 20, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Dec 27, 1982—Dec 27, 1982mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal188Feb 2, 2000—Aug 28, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Contested Violationscompliance · legal—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety36Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety10Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance1Oct 1, 1979—Oct 1, 1979mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance24Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance54Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance76Feb 2, 2000—Sep 4, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety23Mar 16, 2005—Mar 26, 2024mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal188Feb 2, 2000—Aug 28, 2026mine-keyed
107(a) Orders Issuedsafety · compliance—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
NOTES
Limitations
- Contractor production is entity-level and is never represented as mine-attributable.
- Missing rows can mean no event, publication delay, identity mismatch, or inapplicability.