# Bear Run Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1202422
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Sullivan, IN
- **Operator:** Peabody Bear Run Mining LLC
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 8,665
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Peabody Energy Corporation (C15833) → Peabody Bear Run Mining LLC (0106985) → Bear Run Mine (1202422)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Peabody Energy Corporation → Peabody Bear Run Mining LLC:** 2010-01-04 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202422; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 1
- Typed edges: 3
- 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 — 34 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 113 historical accident/injury rows; 2 coded fatalities and 4,447 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 138 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 567 violation rows across the full record; 171 carry an S&S flag and $291,450 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,340 coal dust; 86 coal quartz; 135 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 15 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 — 1.2M tons:** Quarterly production and employment 300K employee hours and 540 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 105 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 43 contested-violation rows, 43 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 19 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 35 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 — 40 since 2021:** Inspections 134 inspection events and 17K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 4,957,450 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 1,041,411
- **Average employees:** 471
- **Coal supply region:** Illinois Basin
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.1710 — Protective clothing; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1710
- **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 48.27 — Training of miners assigned to a task in which they have had no previous experience; minimum courses of instruction.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.27
- **30 CFR 50.10 — Immediate notification.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-B/section-50.10
- **30 CFR 50.11 — Investigation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-B/section-50.11
- **30 CFR 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **30 CFR 77.1600 — Loading and haulage; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1600
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1608 — Dumping facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1608

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 113 rows; 2010-01-28 through 2026-09-10; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2010-09-13 through 2010-09-13; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 531 rows; 2010-01-25 through 2026-07-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 43 rows; 2011-07-19 through 2025-12-22; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,340 rows; 2010-02-01 through 2026-09-22; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 19 rows; 2011-07-19 through 2023-09-08; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 43 rows; 2010-03-29 through 2025-01-16; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 4,327 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 1,072 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 2010-01-04 through 2010-01-04; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 134 rows; 2010-01-12 through 2026-09-22; 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:** 51 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 135 rows; 2010-02-01 through 2026-01-21; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 86 rows; 2015-03-08 through 2026-09-02; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 567 rows; 2010-01-25 through 2026-09-22; 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/bear-run-mine-1202422`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bear-run-mine-1202422`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1202422/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1202422/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1202422/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`