MINE DETAILS
BYK USA LLC Plants & Pits
MSHA MINE ID4100298
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- BYK USA LLC Plants & Pits29.51194, -97.44833Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-13. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.
Coal production
0reported short tons
Hours worked
457,649reported employee hours
Tons per hour
0.00production ÷ 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 | 0 | 81,032 | 0.00 | 156 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 77,601 | 0.00 | 154 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 77,095 | 0.00 | 156 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 69,584 | 0.00 | 155 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 0 | 76,373 | 0.00 | 156 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 0 | 75,964 | 0.00 | 156 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13
Violations
121 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
30 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
1,661.0011 of 12 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
69.504 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 | 3 | 0 | 453.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.5 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q1 | 4 | 0 | 604.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26.8 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q3 | 5 | 1 | 604.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17.3 |
| 2026-Q4 * | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
56.14132(a) · $151.00 proposed
56.14132(a) · $151.00 proposed
56.4402 · $151.00 proposed
56.14132(b)(1)(i) · S&S · $151.00 proposed
56.12030
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 17.3 on-site hours
Spot Inspection · 0.0 on-site hours
POWERED HAULAGE · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
Employee walking up ramp bent over to retrieve an object. A forklift operator backing down the ramp with a load did not see the employee, knocked EE to the side of the forklift and ran over EE's right foot. X-rays did not show any fractures. The ER released employee to work with no restrictions. A doctor visit on 4/2/26 prescribed light duty until swelling subsides.
50.30(a) · $151.00 proposed
56.4200(b)(2) · $151.00 proposed
56.12004 · $151.00 proposed
56.14100(b) · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 26.8 on-site hours
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Accident narrative
Plant Electrician was responding to a pump outage and was walking to the area when they took a step off step onto a concrete walkway and slipped. The employee fell backwards and fell against the corner of the fiberglass step, breaking one rib.
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
Operator was standing on third rung of 6' step ladder while attempting to open a steam valve with a pipe wrench. They were using one hand on wrench and holding onto an adjacent valve with other hand when valve broke loose and they fell backwards off ladder onto concrete floor. Bruised heel of left foot and lower back. X-rays did not show any fractures.
56.12004 · $151.00 proposed
56.12032 · $151.00 proposed
56.12002 · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 25.5 on-site hours
Safety sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-13.
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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Altana Group (Germany)controlsBYK USA LLCoperatesBYK USA LLC Plants & Pits
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4100298—
Altana Group (Germany)controlsBYK Additives Inc.operatesBYK USA LLC Plants & Pits
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4100298—
Rockwood Specialties Group InccontrolsBYK Additives Inc.operatesBYK USA LLC Plants & Pits
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4100298—
Laporte PlccontrolsBYK Additives Inc.operatesBYK USA LLC Plants & Pits
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4100298—
English China Clays PLCcontrolsSouthern Clay Products IncoperatesBYK USA LLC Plants & Pits
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4100298Other 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
72 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 859 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD10 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEwatch
Violations and penalties
251 violation rows across the full record; 29 carry an S&S flag and $80,432 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY47 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHcontext
Occupational health samples
12 personal. 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.
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE12 samples
personal-health-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
76K employee hours and 156 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
2026-Q20 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALwatch
Contests, conferences and decisions
18 contested-violation rows, 20 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 13 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE51 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 CONTEXT5 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
89 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE13 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 13, 2026. 3 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 56.14132Horns and backup alarms.3 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.4402Safety can use.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12030Correction of dangerous conditions.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 50.30Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.4200General requirements.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12004Electrical conductors.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.14100Safety defects; examination, correction and records.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12032Inspection and cover plates.1 recent row ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
517827956.14132(a)Citation
517827856.14132(a)Citation
517827756.4402Citation
517827656.14132(b)(1)(i)S&S
517827556.12030Citation
500794950.30(a)Citation
500794856.4200(b)(2)Citation
500237156.12004Citation
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
Respirable dust, <.1mgBagging Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% QtzPelletizer Operator
C/E: 00.02Concentration: 0000.15 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgPump, Slurry Mix Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgPump, Slurry Mix Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgKiln/Dryer Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% QtzBagging Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0002.72 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% QtzBagging Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0002.40 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% QtzBagging Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.13 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
15 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors72Aug 30, 2000—Mar 19, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Apr 18, 1972—Apr 18, 1972mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal239May 22, 2001—Aug 12, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal20Feb 27, 2003—Apr 9, 2020mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal13Jun 19, 2001—May 11, 2017mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal18May 14, 2003—Jul 25, 2019mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety303Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety70Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance5Jan 1, 1950—Feb 22, 2017mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance318Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance81Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance89May 9, 2000—Aug 10, 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 · safety12Jul 11, 2007—Apr 23, 2025mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal251Jul 6, 2000—Aug 12, 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.