# Viper

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1512603
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** Black Mountain Resources, LLC
- **Controller:** Jesse R  Sizemore; Amy R  Sizemore
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,623
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jesse R  Sizemore; Amy R  Sizemore (0149401) → Black Mountain Resources, LLC (0165053) → Viper (1512603)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Sunoco, Inc. → Shamrock Coal Company Inc:** 1980-12-01 through 1999-02-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512603; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Shamrock Coal Company Inc:** 1999-02-17 through 2002-05-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512603; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Bledsoe Coal Corporation:** 2002-05-28 through 2014-12-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512603; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Blackjewel L.L.C.:** 2014-12-30 through 2019-10-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512603; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jesse R  Sizemore et al → Black Mountain Resources, LLC:** 2019-10-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512603; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Amy R  Sizemore et al → Black Mountain Resources, LLC:** 2019-10-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512603; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 16
- 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 8 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 159 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 510 violation rows across the full record; 256 carry an S&S flag and $111,033 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 228 samples:** Occupational health samples 137 coal dust; 4 coal quartz; 87 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 5 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 1K employee hours and 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 85 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 30 contested-violation rows, 31 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 24 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 15 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 — 5 since 2021:** Inspections 105 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 77.205 — 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 77.204 — Openings in surface installations; safeguards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.204
- **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 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **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.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23
- **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 77.1606 — 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 77.400 — 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 47.44 — Temporary, portable containers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.44
- **30 CFR 75.205 — Installation of roof support using mining machines with integral roof bolters.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.205

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 8 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2014-12-01; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-09-08 through 2023-09-08; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 497 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2020-10-15; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 31 rows; 2004-04-16 through 2018-12-20; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 137 rows; 2000-03-14 through 2020-04-07; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 24 rows; 2000-08-29 through 2007-03-27; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 30 rows; 2006-07-18 through 2018-06-07; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 878 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 163 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1980-12-01 through 2019-10-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 105 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2023-09-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 120 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 21 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 87 rows; 2001-03-02 through 2019-03-06; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 4 rows; 2016-01-07 through 2018-07-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 510 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2020-10-15; 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/viper-1512603`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/viper-1512603`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1512603/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1512603/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1512603/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`