# Preparation Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1505485
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Perry, KY
- **Operator:** Perry County Resources
- **Controller:** American Resources Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 10,652
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**American Resources Corporation (0150901) → Perry County Resources (0175978) → Preparation Plant (1505485)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Elmer  Whitaker → Whitaker Coal Corp:** 1950-01-01 through 1983-02-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1505485; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sunoco, Inc. → Whitaker Coal Corp:** 1983-03-01 through 1996-09-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1505485; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Edward L Clemons Estate et al → Perry County Coal Corp:** 1996-09-04 through 2000-11-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1505485; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **TECO Energy Inc → Perry County Coal, LLC.:** 2000-11-17 through 2015-09-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1505485; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cambrian Coal Corp → Perry County Coal, LLC.:** 2015-09-21 through 2019-06-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1505485; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Mark  Campbell → Perry County Coal, LLC.:** 2019-06-16 through 2019-09-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1505485; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **American Resources Corporation → Perry County Resources:** 2019-09-27 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1505485; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **American Resources Corporation → Perry County Coal, LLC.:** 2019-10-01 through 2019-09-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1505485; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 21
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 57 historical accident/injury rows; 2 coded fatalities and 2,004 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 179 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,807 violation rows across the full record; 633 carry an S&S flag and $493,201 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 741 samples:** Occupational health samples 482 coal dust; 34 coal quartz; 225 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 6 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 502 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 766 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 317 contested-violation rows, 318 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 131 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 50 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 — 24 since 2021:** Inspections 238 inspection events and 12K 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 77.508 — Lightning arresters, ungrounded and exposed power conductors and telephone wires.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.508
- **30 CFR 77.512 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.512
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **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 77.216-3 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; inspection requirements; correction of hazards; program requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-3
- **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 77.215-1 — Refuse piles; identification.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.215-1
- **30 CFR 77.215 — Refuse piles; construction requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.215

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 57 rows; 2000-08-01 through 2019-10-25; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2022-07-27 through 2022-07-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,772 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2024-06-24; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 318 rows; 2004-03-23 through 2022-08-08; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 482 rows; 2000-05-17 through 2022-07-12; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 131 rows; 2001-07-30 through 2019-01-28; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 317 rows; 2003-06-04 through 2022-02-23; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 4,094 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 906 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2019-09-27; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 238 rows; 2000-01-21 through 2026-08-31; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 209 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:** 225 rows; 2000-12-05 through 2022-07-12; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 34 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2022-03-08; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,807 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2024-06-24; 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-1505485`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/preparation-plant-1505485`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1505485/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1505485/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1505485/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`