# UC Processing, LLC

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1511012
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Union, KY
- **Operator:** UC Processing, LLC
- **Controller:** Alliance Resource Partners LP
- **Public source rows linked:** 7,179
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alliance Resource Partners LP (C15455) → UC Processing, LLC (0143916) → UC Processing, LLC (1511012)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Hanson PLC → Peabody Coal Company:** 1978-01-01 through 1998-05-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511012; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Peabody Energy Corporation → Heritage Coal Company LLC:** 1998-05-19 through 2007-10-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511012; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Heritage Coal Company LLC:** 2007-10-31 through 2015-09-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511012; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Richard J  Robinson et al → Prairie Dock Company, LLC:** 2015-09-28 through 2015-12-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511012; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ben  Statler et al → Prairie Dock Company, LLC:** 2015-09-28 through 2015-12-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511012; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Richard J  Robinson → Prairie Dock Company, LLC:** 2015-12-28 through 2016-01-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511012; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alliance Resource Partners LP → UC Processing, LLC:** 2016-01-19 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511012; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 17
- 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 71 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2,439 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 4 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 840 violation rows across the full record; 254 carry an S&S flag and $202,550 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 262 samples:** Occupational health samples 165 coal dust; 97 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 20 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 — 245 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 77 contested-violation rows, 83 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 85 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 20 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 — 31 since 2021:** Inspections 272 inspection events and 8K 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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 77.216-3 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; inspection requirements; correction of hazards; program requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-3
- **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
- **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 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
- **30 CFR 77.216-4 — Water, sediment or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; reporting requirements; certification.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-4

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 71 rows; 2000-05-19 through 2024-09-06; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2015-03-10 through 2015-03-10; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 830 rows; 2000-04-04 through 2025-08-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 83 rows; 2000-09-06 through 2015-11-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 165 rows; 2000-03-21 through 2025-08-06; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 85 rows; 2000-09-14 through 2015-01-15; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 77 rows; 2002-05-28 through 2015-01-21; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 3,688 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 761 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 1978-01-01 through 2016-01-19; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 272 rows; 2000-03-01 through 2026-07-21; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 181 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 20 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 97 rows; 2000-03-01 through 2014-03-10; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 840 rows; 2000-04-04 through 2025-08-11; 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/uc-processing-llc-1511012`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/uc-processing-llc-1511012`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1511012/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1511012/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1511012/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`