# Preparation Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0103231
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Jackson, AL
- **Operator:** EMCOAL INC.
- **Controller:** Claude W Renfro
- **Public source rows linked:** 412
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Claude W Renfro (0181261) → EMCOAL INC. (0192693) → Preparation Plant (0103231)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Brenda  Garland  et al → Glade Processing Co., Inc.:** 2002-07-09 through 2007-05-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103231; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Whitecap Alabama Growth Fund I LLC et al → GTM Energy Partners LLC:** 2007-05-03 through 2011-08-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103231; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jem-Coal LLC et al → GTM Energy Partners LLC:** 2007-05-03 through 2011-08-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103231; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Alabama Carbon LLC:** 2011-08-18 through 2017-03-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103231; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Alabama Carbon LLC:** 2017-03-30 through 2023-12-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103231; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Alabama Carbon LLC:** 2017-03-30 through 2023-12-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103231; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Claude W Renfro → EMCOAL INC.:** 2023-12-04 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0103231; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 16
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 52 violation rows across the full record; 13 carry an S&S flag and $6,561 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 85 samples:** Occupational health samples 52 coal dust; 33 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 440 employee hours and 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 1 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 — 2 since 2021:** Inspections 59 inspection events and 763 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 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 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 71.403 — Waiver of surface facilities requirements; posting of waiver.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.403
- **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 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.516 — Electric wiring and equipment; installation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.516

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2009-03-14 through 2009-03-14; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-03-27 through 2025-03-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 52 rows; 2002-08-27 through 2012-12-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 52 rows; 2003-02-13 through 2013-02-06; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2013-03-15 through 2013-03-15; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 32 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2002-07-09 through 2023-12-04; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 59 rows; 2002-08-27 through 2024-04-17; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 98 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 33 rows; 2002-08-27 through 2012-09-20; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 52 rows; 2002-08-27 through 2012-12-05; 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/preparation-plant-0103231`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/preparation-plant-0103231`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0103231/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0103231/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0103231/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`