# Bulan Load Out

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1504442
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Perry, KY
- **Operator:** Frasure Creek Mining, LLC.
- **Controller:** Essar Minerals Canada Limited
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,821
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Essar Minerals Canada Limited (0102805) → Frasure Creek Mining, LLC. (P24564) → Bulan Load Out (1504442)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James A  Sigmon → Sigmon Enterprises:** 1950-01-01 through 1979-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1504442; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mountain Coals Inc → Lost Mountain Mining Inc:** 1979-10-01 through 1981-09-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1504442; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cyprus Amax Minerals Company → Buckhorn Processing:** 1981-09-15 through 1998-06-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1504442; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Buckhorn Processing:** 1998-06-30 through 2005-08-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1504442; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → BIG ELK MINING CO. , LLC:** 2005-08-31 through 2007-04-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1504442; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Frasure Creek Mining, LLC.:** 2007-04-13 through 2008-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1504442; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth W  Woodring → Frasure Creek Mining, LLC.:** 2008-11-01 through 2010-04-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1504442; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Essar Minerals Canada Limited → Frasure Creek Mining, LLC.:** 2010-04-07 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1504442; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 22
- 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 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 417 violation rows across the full record; 136 carry an S&S flag and $131,885 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 118 samples:** Occupational health samples 65 coal dust; 53 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 56 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 28 contested-violation rows, 28 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 20 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 53 inspection events and 2K 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 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **30 CFR 77.204 — Openings in surface installations; safeguards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.204
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.513 — Insulating mats at power switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.513
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2005-04-14 through 2010-01-03; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2015-10-08 through 2015-10-08; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 409 rows; 2005-12-01 through 2015-03-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 28 rows; 2008-10-28 through 2013-08-01; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 65 rows; 2005-12-01 through 2013-01-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 28 rows; 2007-09-05 through 2011-11-30; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,348 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 283 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2007-04-13; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 53 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2015-09-11; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 115 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 53 rows; 2005-12-01 through 2013-01-08; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 417 rows; 2005-12-01 through 2015-03-18; 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/bulan-load-out-1504442`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bulan-load-out-1504442`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1504442/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1504442/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1504442/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`