# Pyro Prep Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1511704
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Webster, KY
- **Operator:** American Engineering & Construction
- **Controller:** Timothy P  Smith
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,514
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Timothy P  Smith (C16005) → American Engineering & Construction (0051522) → Pyro Prep Plant (1511704)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Pyro Energy Corp → Pyro Mining Company:** 1978-12-01 through 1982-01-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511704; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Costain Group PLC → Costain Coal Inc:** 1982-01-25 through 1997-07-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511704; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Iracoal Incorporated → Lodestar Energy Incorporated:** 1997-07-21 through 2003-07-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511704; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Timothy P  Smith → American Engineering & Construction:** 2003-07-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511704; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 12
- 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 24 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 517 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 322 violation rows across the full record; 64 carry an S&S flag and $24,440 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 84 samples:** Occupational health samples 72 coal dust; 5 coal quartz; 7 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 — 156 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 92 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 64 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 7 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 37 inspection events and 2K 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 77.216-3 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; inspection requirements; correction of hazards; program requirements.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-3
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.516 — Electric wiring and equipment; installation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.516
- **30 CFR 48.29 — Records of training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.29
- **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 77.1104 — 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 48.31 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **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 77.502 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 24 rows; 2000-08-28 through 2003-12-10; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2006-09-15 through 2006-09-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 312 rows; 2000-05-02 through 2005-11-03; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 92 rows; 2001-01-25 through 2003-08-26; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 72 rows; 2000-01-26 through 2003-03-18; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 64 rows; 2000-06-06 through 2003-04-02; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 442 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 65 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1978-12-01 through 2003-07-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 37 rows; 2000-03-01 through 2006-04-04; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 56 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 7 rows; 2002-05-05 through 2002-05-05; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 5 rows; 2001-08-21 through 2003-03-18; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 322 rows; 2000-05-02 through 2005-11-03; 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/pyro-prep-plant-1511704`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/pyro-prep-plant-1511704`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1511704/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1511704/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1511704/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`