# Gatliff Tipple

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1509938
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Whitley, KY
- **Operator:** Ferroglobe USA Mining, LLC
- **Controller:** Ferroglobe PLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 4,411
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ferroglobe PLC (0100987) → Ferroglobe USA Mining, LLC (0080224) → Gatliff Tipple (1509938)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **TECO Energy Inc → Gatliff Coal Company Inc:** 1976-09-01 through 2003-07-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1509938; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Carbon Partners A S → Blue Gem Mining Inc:** 2003-07-08 through 2006-03-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1509938; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Timothy L  Webb → Specialty Coal Processing Inc:** 2006-03-22 through 2007-01-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1509938; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James  Cox et al → Specialty Coal Processing Inc:** 2007-01-08 through 2007-04-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1509938; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James  Cox et al → Ferroglobe USA Mining, LLC:** 2007-05-01 through 2009-07-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1509938; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **NCGPAsset Holdings II LP et al → Ferroglobe USA Mining, LLC:** 2009-07-17 through 2011-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1509938; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ferroglobe PLC → Ferroglobe USA Mining, LLC:** 2011-08-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1509938; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 18
- 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 — 3 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 18 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 583 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 60 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 701 violation rows across the full record; 273 carry an S&S flag and $109,954 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 607 samples:** Occupational health samples 359 coal dust; 20 coal quartz; 228 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 14 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 15K employee hours and 25 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 393 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 183 contested-violation rows, 183 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 27 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 28 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 — 48 since 2021:** Inspections 225 inspection events and 9K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 73,064
- **Average employees:** 23
- **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 77.516 — Electric wiring and equipment; installation and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.516
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 75.516 — Power wires; support.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.516
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **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 77.200 — Surface installations; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.200
- **30 CFR 77.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.904
- **30 CFR 77.506-1 — Electric equipment and circuits; overload and short circuit protection; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.506-1
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 18 rows; 2000-10-13 through 2026-04-01; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2003-07-24 through 2003-07-24; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 692 rows; 2001-05-14 through 2026-04-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 183 rows; 2009-03-25 through 2016-11-08; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 359 rows; 2000-04-03 through 2026-08-19; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 27 rows; 2001-06-22 through 2015-01-07; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 183 rows; 2007-09-12 through 2015-10-08; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,313 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 260 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 1976-09-01 through 2007-05-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 225 rows; 2000-04-03 through 2026-09-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 162 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 31 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 228 rows; 2001-01-26 through 2026-06-25; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 20 rows; 2003-01-21 through 2026-07-28; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 701 rows; 2001-05-14 through 2026-04-29; 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/gatliff-tipple-1509938`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/gatliff-tipple-1509938`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1509938/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1509938/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1509938/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`