# Big Sandy River Dock

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1510306
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Boyd, KY
- **Operator:** Cliffs Logan County Coal Terminals, LLC
- **Controller:** Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 103
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (M00106) → Cliffs Logan County Coal Terminals, LLC (0086104) → Big Sandy River Dock (1510306)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Fields Resources Inc → Rapoca Energy Company/Norton Division:** 1977-03-01 through 1978-09-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510306; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Occidental Petroleum Corp → Kentucky-Ohio Transportation Company:** 1978-09-13 through 1983-05-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510306; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pen Holdings Inc → Pen Coal Corp:** 1983-05-26 through 2002-12-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510306; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James H  Booth et al → Argus Energy, LLC:** 2002-12-30 through 2003-01-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510306; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John C  Smith Jr → Appalachian Fuels, LLC:** 2003-01-13 through 2006-01-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510306; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Energy Coal Resources Inc → Appalachian Fuels, LLC:** 2006-01-17 through 2008-01-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510306; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **INR-I Holdings LLC → Cliffs Logan County Coal Terminals, LLC:** 2008-01-05 through 2010-08-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510306; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cleveland-Cliffs Inc → Cliffs Logan County Coal Terminals, LLC:** 2010-08-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510306; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 22
- 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 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 3 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 17 violation rows across the full record; 7 carry an S&S flag and $1,484 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 26 samples:** Occupational health samples 18 coal dust; 8 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 20 inspection events and 216 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 77.205 — 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 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **30 CFR 77.505 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.505
- **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 77.513 — Insulating mats at power switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.513
- **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 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **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 77.1605 — 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 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2003-04-08 through 2007-06-26; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2010-09-20 through 2010-09-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 17 rows; 2003-03-12 through 2007-08-30; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 18 rows; 2003-03-17 through 2007-09-06; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1977-03-01 through 2008-01-05; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 20 rows; 2003-03-12 through 2011-10-31; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 8 rows; 2003-09-03 through 2007-02-27; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 17 rows; 2003-03-12 through 2007-08-30; 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/big-sandy-river-dock-1510306`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/big-sandy-river-dock-1510306`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1510306/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1510306/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1510306/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`