# Henderson County Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1502709
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Henderson, KY
- **Operator:** River View Coal LLC
- **Controller:** Alliance Resource Partners LP
- **Public source rows linked:** 46,498
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alliance Resource Partners LP (C15455) → River View Coal LLC (0072463) → Henderson County Mine (1502709)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Kennecott Copper Corp → Peabody Coal Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1977-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502709; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hanson PLC → Peabody Coal Company:** 1977-07-01 through 1998-05-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502709; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Peabody Energy Corporation → Highland Mining Company LLC:** 1998-05-19 through 2007-10-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502709; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Highland Mining Company LLC:** 2007-10-31 through 2015-09-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502709; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Richard J  Robinson et al → Prairie Mining Company, LLC:** 2015-09-28 through 2016-01-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502709; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ben  Statler et al → Prairie Mining Company, LLC:** 2015-09-28 through 2016-01-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502709; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alliance Resource Partners LP → UC Mining, LLC:** 2016-01-19 through 2023-03-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502709; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alliance Resource Partners LP → River View Coal LLC:** 2023-03-28 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502709; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 21
- 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 — 85 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 824 historical accident/injury rows; 2 coded fatalities and 20,657 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 710 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 8,369 violation rows across the full record; 2,474 carry an S&S flag and $6,257,935 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 13K samples:** Occupational health samples 11,675 coal dust; 880 coal quartz; 764 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 204 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 — 1.9M tons:** Quarterly production and employment 301K employee hours and 465 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 5,716 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2,251 contested-violation rows, 2,280 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1,185 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 39 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 — 45 since 2021:** Inspections 635 inspection events and 71K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 254,286 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 266,943
- **Average employees:** 108
- **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 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1600-3 — Communications facilities; refuge alternatives.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-Q/section-75.1600-3
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.606 — Protection of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.606

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 824 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2026-09-22; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-07-05 through 2023-07-05; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 8,200 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2026-08-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2,280 rows; 2001-08-13 through 2026-08-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 11,675 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2071-10-16; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1,185 rows; 2000-05-23 through 2015-12-28; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2,251 rows; 2003-01-22 through 2026-07-28; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 7,629 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 1,463 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2023-03-28; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 635 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2026-10-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 281 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 52 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 764 rows; 2000-02-29 through 2026-09-16; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 880 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2026-10-02; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 8,369 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2026-10-08; 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/henderson-county-mine-1502709`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/henderson-county-mine-1502709`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1502709/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1502709/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1502709/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`