# Bevins Branch Preparation Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1510445
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** McCoy Elkhorn Coal Co.
- **Controller:** American Resources Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 4,139
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**American Resources Corporation (0150901) → McCoy Elkhorn Coal Co. (0150473) → Bevins Branch Preparation Plant (1510445)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Shelton Ed → Call & Ramsey Coal Company Inc:** 1977-06-01 through 1979-04-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510445; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ingram Industries → Johns Creek Coal Company:** 1979-04-09 through 1992-03-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510445; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Johns Creek Processing Company:** 1992-03-03 through 2005-02-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510445; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp.:** 2005-02-08 through 2014-09-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510445; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Opes Resources Inc → McCoy Elkhorn Coal Co.:** 2014-09-06 through 2016-02-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510445; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Quest Energy Corporation → McCoy Elkhorn Coal Co.:** 2016-02-17 through 2019-10-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510445; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **American Resources Corporation → McCoy Elkhorn Coal Co.:** 2019-10-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510445; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 20
- 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 21 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 804 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 67 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 980 violation rows across the full record; 400 carry an S&S flag and $259,354 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 500 samples:** Occupational health samples 336 coal dust; 23 coal quartz; 141 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 24 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 2K employee hours and 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 309 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 152 contested-violation rows, 152 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 5 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 17 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 — 17 since 2021:** Inspections 254 inspection events and 9K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 8,730
- **Average employees:** 4
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.216-3 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; inspection requirements; correction of hazards; program requirements.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-3
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 71.209 — Status change reports.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.209
- **30 CFR 71.206 — Quarterly sampling; designated work positions.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.206
- **30 CFR 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **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 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 21 rows; 2002-04-23 through 2018-02-07; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-08-09 through 2023-08-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 965 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2025-07-22; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 152 rows; 2001-03-23 through 2020-04-10; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 336 rows; 2000-01-26 through 2023-06-22; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 5 rows; 2007-04-18 through 2017-04-11; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 152 rows; 2007-01-29 through 2019-10-24; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 773 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 152 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 1977-06-01 through 2016-02-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 254 rows; 2000-02-02 through 2026-09-10; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 149 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 27 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 141 rows; 2000-02-02 through 2023-06-09; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 23 rows; 2000-02-02 through 2019-06-10; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 980 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2025-07-22; 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/bevins-branch-preparation-plant-1510445`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bevins-branch-preparation-plant-1510445`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1510445/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1510445/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1510445/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`