# Allen Preparation Plant  P-3

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1508177
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Floyd, KY
- **Operator:** Liberty Management, LLC
- **Controller:** Essar Minerals Canada Limited
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,174
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Essar Minerals Canada Limited (0102805) → Liberty Management, LLC (P24564) → Allen Preparation Plant  P-3 (1508177)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Adams Stuart H → Adams Construction Corp:** 1975-03-31 through 1979-03-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1508177; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Zapata Corp → Triple Elkhorn Mining Company Inc:** 1979-03-19 through 1985-04-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1508177; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **M Lynn  Parrish → Jaco Mining Company Inc:** 1985-04-24 through 1990-07-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1508177; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Burke John Jr → Emmanuel Processing Inc:** 1990-07-09 through 1990-10-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1508177; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hobart  Anderson  et al → Summit Processing Inc:** 1990-10-17 through 1991-03-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1508177; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cecil Eloise → Summit Processing Inc:** 1991-03-19 through 2004-04-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1508177; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Larry E  King → L. King Construction Inc:** 2004-04-23 through 2005-11-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1508177; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Frasure Creek Mining, LLC.:** 2005-11-28 through 2008-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1508177; 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 1508177; 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 1508177; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 28
- 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 14 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 927 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 386 violation rows across the full record; 176 carry an S&S flag and $312,528 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 137 samples:** Occupational health samples 89 coal dust; 3 coal quartz; 45 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 7 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 104 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 35 contested-violation rows, 35 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 34 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 25 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 57 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 71.500 — Sanitary toilet facilities at surface work sites; installation requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.500
- **30 CFR 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **30 CFR 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **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 71.403 — Waiver of surface facilities requirements; posting of waiver.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.403
- **30 CFR 48.31 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 77.1703 — First-Aid training; supervisory employees.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1703
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.202 — Dust accumulations in surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.202
- **30 CFR 47.41 — Requirement for container labels.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.41

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 14 rows; 2006-01-25 through 2009-03-31; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2017-01-11 through 2017-01-11; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 375 rows; 2005-12-08 through 2016-01-21; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 35 rows; 2008-01-30 through 2012-05-22; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 89 rows; 2006-11-14 through 2012-06-06; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 34 rows; 2007-06-19 through 2008-06-09; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 35 rows; 2007-05-03 through 2010-09-01; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 889 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 191 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 1975-03-31 through 2005-11-28; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 57 rows; 2004-05-12 through 2016-10-14; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **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:** 45 rows; 2006-11-14 through 2012-03-27; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 3 rows; 2007-08-28 through 2009-04-08; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 386 rows; 2005-12-08 through 2016-02-16; 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/allen-preparation-plant-p-3-1508177`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/allen-preparation-plant-p-3-1508177`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1508177/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1508177/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1508177/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`