# Phelps Coal Tipple (T-2)

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1513193
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** NorthStar Operating Company, LLC
- **Controller:** Randall K Taylor; Ryan  Johns; Todd  Case
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,236
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Randall K Taylor; Ryan  Johns; Todd  Case (0167680) → NorthStar Operating Company, LLC (0181553) → Phelps Coal Tipple (T-2) (1513193)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **ITT Corporation → Kentucky Carbon Corp:** 1981-11-01 through 1994-01-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513193; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Edward (Scotty)  Potter → Phelps Processing Inc:** 1994-01-07 through 1997-08-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513193; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas A  Potter et al → Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc:** 1997-08-15 through 1999-06-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513193; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John M  Potter et al → Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc:** 1997-08-15 through 1999-06-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513193; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Sunny Ridge Mining Co., Inc.:** 1999-06-08 through 2004-10-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513193; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Coal Group Inc (ICG) → ICG East Kentucky LLC:** 2004-10-27 through 2009-05-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513193; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Blackjewel L.L.C.:** 2009-05-08 through 2019-01-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513193; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → ICG East Kentucky LLC:** 2011-06-15 through 2009-05-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513193; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lipari Energy → B&W Resources Inc.:** 2019-01-17 through 2021-05-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513193; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David  Wells → B&W Resources Inc.:** 2019-01-17 through 2008-09-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513193; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ryan  Johns → Northstar Sustainable Energy LLC:** 2021-05-22 through 2022-03-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513193; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Randall K Taylor et al → NorthStar Operating Company, LLC:** 2022-03-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513193; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ryan  Johns et al → NorthStar Operating Company, LLC:** 2022-03-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513193; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Todd  Case et al → NorthStar Operating Company, LLC:** 2022-03-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513193; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 14
- Typed edges: 34
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 6 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 351 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 62 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 325 violation rows across the full record; 120 carry an S&S flag and $75,518 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 343 samples:** Occupational health samples 231 coal dust; 4 coal quartz; 108 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 7 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 12K employee hours and 17 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 133 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 66 contested-violation rows, 66 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 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 — 14 since 2021:** Inspections 165 inspection events and 3K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 10,323
- **Average employees:** 4
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 2

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (6 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 77.204 — Openings in surface installations; safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.204

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 6 rows; 2001-02-17 through 2013-01-19; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2021-11-19 through 2021-11-19; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 318 rows; 2000-02-03 through 2026-08-21; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 66 rows; 2012-01-19 through 2023-11-01; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 231 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2026-09-23; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2014-03-13 through 2014-03-13; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 66 rows; 2011-03-21 through 2023-03-21; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 714 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 171 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 14 rows; 1981-11-01 through 2022-03-23; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 165 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2026-09-24; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 31 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 108 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2026-03-09; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 4 rows; 2001-06-26 through 2025-08-20; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 325 rows; 2000-02-03 through 2026-09-09; 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/phelps-coal-tipple-t-2-1513193`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/phelps-coal-tipple-t-2-1513193`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1513193/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1513193/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1513193/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`