# Totz Prep Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1510657
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** 4th Gen Fuels
- **Controller:** Thomas J  Loving; Joseph T  Bennett Jr; Andrew T  Loving
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,538
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Thomas J  Loving; Joseph T  Bennett Jr; Andrew T  Loving (0154601) → 4th Gen Fuels (0169973) → Totz Prep Plant (1510657)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Joseph T  Bennett  et al → Harlan Cumberland Coal Company LLC:** 1977-08-01 through 2024-05-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510657; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Andrew T  Loving et al → 4th Gen Fuels:** 2024-05-16 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510657; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joseph T  Bennett Jr et al → 4th Gen Fuels:** 2024-05-16 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510657; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas J  Loving et al → 4th Gen Fuels:** 2024-05-16 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1510657; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 8
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 23 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 967 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 134 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 428 violation rows across the full record; 101 carry an S&S flag and $49,482 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 612 samples:** Occupational health samples 370 coal dust; 45 coal quartz; 197 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 30 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 21 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 82 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 23 contested-violation rows, 54 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 — 39 since 2021:** Inspections 196 inspection events and 6K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 58,524
- **Average employees:** 20
- **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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 48.31 — Hazard training.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 23 rows; 2001-02-08 through 2025-01-22; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1980-10-01 through 1980-10-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 425 rows; 2000-03-08 through 2026-06-24; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 54 rows; 2000-05-31 through 2013-11-26; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 370 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2026-07-30; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 5 rows; 2023-09-25 through 2026-09-22; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 23 rows; 2003-10-10 through 2013-03-26; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 484 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 110 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1977-08-01 through 2024-05-16; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 196 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2026-09-10; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 138 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 34 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 197 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2026-06-25; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 45 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2026-06-25; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 428 rows; 2000-03-08 through 2026-06-24; 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/totz-prep-plant-1510657`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/totz-prep-plant-1510657`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1510657/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1510657/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1510657/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`