# Manchester Tipple

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1511028
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Clay, KY
- **Operator:** B & W Resources Inc
- **Controller:** Lipari Energy
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,635
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Lipari Energy (0079793) → B & W Resources Inc (P24596) → Manchester Tipple (1511028)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Resource Coal Company/Cargill Inc → Cargill-Johnson Coal Company:** 1978-08-01 through 1980-08-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511028; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Larry E  Smith et al → N E R Of Kentucky Inc:** 1980-08-28 through 1984-09-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511028; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bruce J  Schnabel et al → Independence Tipple Company:** 1984-09-11 through 1987-03-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511028; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James D  Klingbell et al → Independence Tipple Company:** 1984-09-11 through 1987-03-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511028; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hickey Bob → Tipple Services Inc:** 1987-03-09 through 1987-05-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511028; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James J  Kocian et al → Ikerd-Bandy Company Inc:** 1987-05-15 through 1995-07-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511028; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Greg  Wells → Leslie Resources Inc:** 1995-07-11 through 1998-03-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511028; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Leslie Resources Inc:** 1998-03-09 through 2001-05-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511028; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dallas  Sandlin et al → Created Mining Llc:** 2001-05-24 through 2002-06-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511028; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wilk  Renfro et al → Created Mining Llc:** 2001-05-24 through 2002-06-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511028; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David  Wells → B & W Resources Inc:** 2002-06-06 through 2008-09-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511028; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lipari Energy → B & W Resources Inc:** 2008-09-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511028; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 12
- Typed edges: 31
- 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 10 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 186 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 402 violation rows across the full record; 177 carry an S&S flag and $57,938 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 212 samples:** Occupational health samples 138 coal dust; 3 coal quartz; 71 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 7K employee hours and 12 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 47 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 23 contested-violation rows, 23 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 26 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 79 inspection events and 3K 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.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **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 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
- **30 CFR 77.516 — Electric wiring and equipment; installation and maintenance.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.516
- **30 CFR 77.512 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.512
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 10 rows; 2004-04-21 through 2018-07-19; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-11-14 through 2018-11-14; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 397 rows; 2001-07-03 through 2018-06-26; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 23 rows; 2005-06-22 through 2017-05-31; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 138 rows; 2001-09-26 through 2018-09-11; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2007-12-10 through 2007-12-10; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 23 rows; 2004-12-27 through 2016-10-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,080 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 234 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 12 rows; 1978-08-01 through 2002-06-06; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 79 rows; 2001-06-12 through 2018-05-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 130 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 30 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 71 rows; 2001-09-26 through 2018-03-08; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 3 rows; 2015-03-09 through 2018-05-16; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 402 rows; 2001-07-03 through 2018-06-26; 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/manchester-tipple-1511028`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/manchester-tipple-1511028`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1511028/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1511028/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1511028/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`