# Ivel Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1513258
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Floyd, KY
- **Operator:** Ralco Operations, LLC.
- **Controller:** Eric  Clark
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,912
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Eric  Clark (0187661) → Ralco Operations, LLC. (0204373) → Ivel Plant (1513258)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Transcontinental Energy Corp → Transcontinental Coal Processing Inc:** 1981-12-01 through 1983-02-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **B C  Gottwald → Transcontinental Coal Processing Inc:** 1983-02-14 through 1989-02-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Costain Group PLC → Costain Coal Inc:** 1989-02-14 through 1997-07-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Iracoal Incorporated → Lodestar Energy, Inc:** 1997-07-21 through 2003-07-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wexford Capital LLC → Central Appalachia Mining LLC:** 2003-07-14 through 2004-03-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John C  Smith Jr → Appalachian Fuels LLC:** 2004-03-13 through 2006-01-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Energy Coal Resources Inc → Appalachian Fuels LLC:** 2006-01-17 through 2006-05-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Harold  Sergent  et al → Black Diamond Mining Co LLC:** 2006-05-16 through 2009-08-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John  Harris → Prater Creek Coal Corp.:** 2009-08-19 through 2011-01-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rhino Resource Partners LP → Central Appalachia Mining LLC:** 2010-10-05 through 2004-03-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John P  Baugues Jr → Dorchester Coal Co. L. P.:** 2011-01-12 through 2012-12-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Roger L  Kirk et al → Red Bud Dock LLC:** 2012-12-10 through 2013-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Chris  Frye et al → Red Bud Dock LLC:** 2012-12-10 through 2013-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dennis  Johnson → Appalachian Mining & Reclamation, LLC:** 2013-04-01 through 2017-09-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David J Stone → SNR RAILOPS LLC:** 2017-09-24 through 2022-12-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jody Dale Puckett → Tahiti Energy, Inc.:** 2022-12-12 through 2024-09-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eric  Clark et al → Villam Land, LLC.:** 2024-09-18 through 2025-07-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eric  Clark et al → Ralco Operations, LLC.:** 2025-07-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1513258; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 18
- Typed edges: 50
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 17 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 278 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 36 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 290 violation rows across the full record; 96 carry an S&S flag and $65,781 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 284 samples:** Occupational health samples 178 coal dust; 106 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 6 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 650 employee hours and 13 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 12 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 5 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 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 — 20 since 2021:** Inspections 176 inspection events and 5K 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 77.502-2 — 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 77.216-1 — Water, sediment or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; identification.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-1
- **30 CFR 77.216-4 — Water, sediment or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; reporting requirements; certification.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-4
- **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
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.216 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; general.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 17 rows; 2000-08-18 through 2019-06-28; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-06-18 through 2025-06-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 273 rows; 2001-01-18 through 2025-08-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2008-12-08 through 2023-12-15; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 178 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2021-01-15; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2007-08-20 through 2007-10-15; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2007-09-21 through 2023-02-28; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 560 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 116 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 18 rows; 1981-12-01 through 2025-07-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 176 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2026-06-23; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 132 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 32 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 106 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2020-11-17; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 290 rows; 2001-01-18 through 2025-08-11; 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/ivel-plant-1513258`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/ivel-plant-1513258`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1513258/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1513258/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1513258/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`