# Huff Preparation Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1507907
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** NorthStar Operating Company, LLC
- **Controller:** Randall K Taylor; Ryan  Johns; Todd  Case
- **Public source rows linked:** 874
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Randall K Taylor; Ryan  Johns; Todd  Case (0167680) → NorthStar Operating Company, LLC (0181553) → Huff Preparation Plant (1507907)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Canada Coal Company Inc → Canada Coal Company Inc:** 1974-01-01 through 1992-11-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1507907; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Berwind Corporation → Jesse Branch Coal Company:** 1992-11-19 through 1997-09-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1507907; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John  Harris → Berkeley Energy Corp:** 1997-09-08 through 2021-05-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1507907; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ryan  Johns → NORTHSTAR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY LLC:** 2021-05-03 through 2022-03-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1507907; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ryan  Johns et al → NorthStar Operating Company, LLC:** 2022-03-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1507907; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Todd  Case et al → NorthStar Operating Company, LLC:** 2022-03-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1507907; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Randall K Taylor et al → NorthStar Operating Company, LLC:** 2022-03-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1507907; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 17
- 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 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 222 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 71 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 130 violation rows across the full record; 39 carry an S&S flag and $18,724 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 143 samples:** Occupational health samples 95 coal dust; 4 coal quartz; 44 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 5 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 11 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 6 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 6 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 — 14 since 2021:** Inspections 55 inspection events and 1K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 26,519
- **Average employees:** 12
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 2

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **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
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **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 77.207 — Illumination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.207
- **30 CFR 77.516 — Electric wiring and equipment; installation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.516
- **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 77.512 — 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 77.206 — Ladders; construction; installation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.206
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2002-07-15 through 2012-08-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2021-06-11 through 2021-06-11; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 128 rows; 2001-08-31 through 2026-05-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 95 rows; 2001-09-13 through 2026-09-23; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 6 rows; 2002-03-06 through 2002-03-06; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 262 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 43 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 1974-01-01 through 2022-03-23; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 55 rows; 2001-08-30 through 2026-04-27; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 79 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 44 rows; 2001-09-18 through 2025-12-10; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 4 rows; 2024-06-27 through 2025-12-10; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 130 rows; 2001-08-31 through 2026-05-07; 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/huff-preparation-plant-1507907`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/huff-preparation-plant-1507907`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1507907/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1507907/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1507907/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`