# Jeff Tipple

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1505151
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Perry, KY
- **Operator:** Blue Diamond Coal Co.
- **Controller:** Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,658
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Sev.en Global Investments a.s. (0158381) → Blue Diamond Coal Co. (0134733) → Jeff Tipple (1505151)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Caldwell F D → C & B Coal Co:** 1950-01-01 through 1974-02-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1505151; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Roy R  Crawford et al → Carr Creek Fuel Company Inc:** 1974-03-01 through 1978-02-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1505151; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Consumers Coal Company → Kentucky Prince Mining Company:** 1978-02-23 through 1986-12-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1505151; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Amax Inc  et al → Kentucky Prince Mining Company:** 1986-12-11 through 1992-04-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1505151; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Petrofina Oil Company et al → Kentucky Prince Mining Company:** 1986-12-11 through 1992-04-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1505151; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Leroy  Lackey et al → Red Star Coal Company:** 1992-04-29 through 1994-04-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1505151; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Greg  Wells → Leslie Resources Inc:** 1994-04-04 through 1998-03-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1505151; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Leslie Resources Inc:** 1998-03-09 through 1999-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1505151; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James M  Detherage et al → Lewis Coal Sales Llc:** 1999-11-01 through 2008-11-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1505151; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bill S  Detherage et al → Lewis Coal Sales Llc:** 1999-11-01 through 2008-11-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1505151; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Leeco, Inc.:** 2008-11-06 through 2011-12-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1505151; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Blue Diamond Coal Co.:** 2011-12-25 through 2014-09-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1505151; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Blue Diamond Coal Co.:** 2014-09-22 through 2020-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1505151; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Blue Diamond Coal Co.:** 2020-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1505151; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 14
- Typed edges: 37
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 65 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 211 violation rows across the full record; 63 carry an S&S flag and $31,264 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 294 samples:** Occupational health samples 195 coal dust; 7 coal quartz; 92 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 6K employee hours and 8 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 70 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 12 contested-violation rows, 20 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 38 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 9 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 — 5 since 2021:** Inspections 86 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 77.1605 — 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 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (6 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 47.42 — Label contents.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.42
- **30 CFR 77.1708 — Safety program; instruction of persons employed at the mine.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1708
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2000-01-05; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2022-05-23 through 2022-05-23; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 210 rows; 2000-04-05 through 2015-12-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 20 rows; 2002-03-12 through 2015-08-27; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 195 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2015-12-10; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 38 rows; 2000-08-08 through 2007-04-27; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 12 rows; 2011-04-04 through 2014-11-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 598 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 124 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 14 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2014-09-22; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 86 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2022-01-03; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 22 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 26 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 92 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2015-12-10; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 7 rows; 2000-05-04 through 2007-01-17; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 211 rows; 2000-04-05 through 2015-12-10; 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/jeff-tipple-1505151`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/jeff-tipple-1505151`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1505151/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1505151/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1505151/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`