# Piney Woods Preparation Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0102976
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Shelby, AL
- **Operator:** Camellia Met Mining, LLC
- **Controller:** Resource Capital Fund (RCF) VI LP
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,496
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Resource Capital Fund (RCF) VI LP (0148841) → Camellia Met Mining, LLC (0164573) → Piney Woods Preparation Plant (0102976)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Minor Robert E → Piney Woods Coal Inc:** 1992-10-01 through 1994-08-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 0102976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jimmie R  Ryan et al → Coal Handling & Processing Inc:** 1994-08-22 through 1997-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 0102976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Shelby Energy Group Llc Et Al → Oak Mountain Energy Llc:** 1997-04-18 through 2000-05-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 0102976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jerry C  Whitt et al → New Century Mining, Inc.:** 2000-05-15 through 2005-09-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 0102976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Daryn M  Bookout et al → New Century Mining, Inc.:** 2000-05-15 through 2005-09-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 0102976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Daryn M  Bookout et al → Tacoa Minerals, LLC:** 2005-09-15 through 2011-09-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 0102976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jerry C  Whitt et al → Tacoa Minerals, LLC:** 2005-09-15 through 2011-09-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 0102976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Piney Woods Resources, Inc → Tacoa Minerals, LLC:** 2011-09-08 through 2013-01-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 0102976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Piney Woods Resources, Inc → Jesse Creek Mining, LLC:** 2013-01-28 through 2019-06-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 0102976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Resource Capital Fund (RCF) VI LP et al → Camellia Met Mining, LLC:** 2019-06-20 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0102976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 25
- 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 16 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 224 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 3 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 267 violation rows across the full record; 92 carry an S&S flag and $76,977 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 389 samples:** Occupational health samples 267 coal dust; 13 coal quartz; 109 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 11 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 2K employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 26 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 9 contested-violation rows, 9 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 8 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 6 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 — 11 since 2021:** Inspections 116 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 6,240
- **Average employees:** 3
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Southern
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.512 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.512
- **30 CFR 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **30 CFR 72.100 — Periodic examinations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-B/section-72.100
- **30 CFR 77.1102 — Warning signs; smoking and open flame.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1102
- **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
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **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.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1705 — First aid training program; retraining of supervisory employees; availability to all miners.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1705
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 16 rows; 2002-08-13 through 2018-06-26; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-07-08 through 2026-07-08; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 261 rows; 2000-12-11 through 2024-07-31; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 9 rows; 2010-07-12 through 2013-09-17; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 267 rows; 2001-03-22 through 2025-07-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 8 rows; 2001-01-25 through 2012-02-23; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 9 rows; 2008-04-03 through 2011-11-04; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 133 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 33 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 1992-10-01 through 2019-06-20; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 116 rows; 2000-12-08 through 2026-07-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 201 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 42 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 109 rows; 2001-08-29 through 2025-07-17; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 13 rows; 2004-07-19 through 2025-07-17; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 267 rows; 2000-12-11 through 2024-07-31; 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/piney-woods-preparation-plant-0102976`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/piney-woods-preparation-plant-0102976`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0102976/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0102976/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0102976/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`