# Beverly Ann Preparation Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1511870
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Floyd, KY
- **Operator:** DFM Processing, LLC
- **Controller:** David F  May II; Deward B  Kazee
- **Public source rows linked:** 877
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**David F  May II; Deward B  Kazee (0154985) → DFM Processing, LLC (0051931) → Beverly Ann Preparation Plant (1511870)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Donn A  Chickering → Branham & Baker Coal Company Inc:** 1979-04-01 through 2001-10-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511870; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **American Electric Power Company Inc → AEP Kentucky Coal, L.L.C.:** 2001-10-30 through 2003-12-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511870; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David F May  et al → D.F.M. Processing L.L.C.:** 2003-12-23 through 2004-10-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511870; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Frank  May  et al → D.F.M. Processing L.L.C.:** 2003-12-23 through 2004-10-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511870; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John C  Smith Jr → Appalachian Fuels, LLC:** 2004-10-12 through 2006-01-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511870; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Energy Coal Resources Inc → Appalachian Fuels, LLC:** 2006-01-17 through 2007-12-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511870; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Frasure Creek Mining, LLC:** 2007-12-04 through 2008-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511870; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth W  Woodring → Frasure Creek Mining, LLC:** 2008-11-01 through 2010-04-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511870; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Essar Minerals Canada Limited → Frasure Creek Mining, LLC:** 2010-04-07 through 2012-12-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511870; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Leon J  Epling → Green Energy Technologies LLC:** 2012-12-12 through 2013-11-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511870; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth W  Woodring → Frasure Creek Mining, LLC:** 2013-11-25 through 2010-04-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511870; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Essar Minerals Canada Limited → Frasure Creek Mining, LLC:** 2013-11-25 through 2020-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511870; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Frasure Creek Mining, LLC:** 2013-11-25 through 2008-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511870; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David F  May II et al → D.F.M. Processing L.L.C.:** 2019-06-02 through 2004-10-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511870; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Deward B  Kazee et al → D.F.M. Processing L.L.C.:** 2019-06-02 through 2004-10-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511870; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David F May  et al → DFM Processing, LLC:** 2020-04-30 through 2019-06-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511870; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Frank  May  et al → DFM Processing, LLC:** 2020-04-30 through 2019-06-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511870; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David F  May II et al → DFM Processing, LLC:** 2020-04-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511870; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Deward B  Kazee et al → DFM Processing, LLC:** 2020-04-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511870; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 19
- Typed edges: 37
- Interval anomalies: 6
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 61 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 2 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 77 violation rows across the full record; 39 carry an S&S flag and $8,698 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 39 samples:** Occupational health samples 23 coal dust; 16 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 — 2 since 2021:** Inspections 52 inspection events and 674 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 48.31 — Hazard training.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **30 CFR 48.23 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2006-04-18 through 2012-02-08; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2021-12-09 through 2021-12-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 69 rows; 2004-09-20 through 2021-12-02; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 23 rows; 2004-09-21 through 2013-03-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 519 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 87 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 19 rows; 1979-04-01 through 2020-04-30; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 52 rows; 2004-09-20 through 2021-12-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 16 rows; 2004-09-22 through 2006-11-29; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 77 rows; 2004-09-20 through 2021-12-02; 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/beverly-ann-preparation-plant-1511870`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/beverly-ann-preparation-plant-1511870`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1511870/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1511870/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1511870/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`