# Rob Fork Processing

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1514468
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** ARC Kentucky Resources, LLC
- **Controller:** Appalachian Resource Company LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 4,845
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Appalachian Resource Company LLC (0157781) → ARC Kentucky Resources, LLC (0172853) → Rob Fork Processing (1514468)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Bethlehem Steel Corp → Beth Energy Mines Inc:** 1984-02-01 through 1988-11-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1514468; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary N  Royalty → Mine 29 Mining & Processing Inc:** 1988-11-28 through 1989-10-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1514468; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **(Donald) Todd  Kiscaden et al → Sidewinder Mining Company:** 1989-10-19 through 1996-01-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1514468; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Donn A  Chickering → Branham & Baker Coal Company Inc:** 1996-01-08 through 2001-10-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1514468; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **American Electric Power Company Inc → AEP Kentucky Coal, L. L. C.:** 2001-10-30 through 2004-04-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1514468; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wexford Capital LLC → CAM - Kentucky, LLC:** 2004-04-16 through 2005-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1514468; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wexford Capital LLC → CAM Mining LLC:** 2006-01-01 through 2010-10-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1514468; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rhino Resource Partners LP → CAM - Kentucky, LLC:** 2010-10-05 through 2005-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1514468; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rhino Resource Partners LP → CAM Mining LLC:** 2010-10-05 through 2020-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1514468; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Appalachian Resource Company LLC → ARC Kentucky Resources, LLC:** 2020-09-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1514468; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 27
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 34 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,778 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 63 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 702 violation rows across the full record; 248 carry an S&S flag and $146,609 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 798 samples:** Occupational health samples 561 coal dust; 95 coal quartz; 142 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 28 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 — 121 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 40 contested-violation rows, 40 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 41 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 27 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 — 17 since 2021:** Inspections 223 inspection events and 9K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 20,596
- **Average employees:** 8
- **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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (3 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 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.200 — Surface installations; general.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.200
- **30 CFR 77.210 — Hoisting of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.210
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 71.206 — Quarterly sampling; designated work positions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.206
- **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:** 34 rows; 2000-02-02 through 2022-10-11; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-11-13 through 2024-11-13; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 690 rows; 2000-04-11 through 2024-11-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 40 rows; 2011-04-13 through 2022-10-20; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 561 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2024-08-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 41 rows; 2000-06-01 through 2018-04-09; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 40 rows; 2009-02-09 through 2022-04-14; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,655 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 353 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 1984-02-01 through 2020-09-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 223 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2026-07-06; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 207 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 50 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 142 rows; 2000-10-16 through 2023-11-22; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 95 rows; 2000-02-28 through 2024-04-23; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 702 rows; 2000-04-11 through 2024-11-13; 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/rob-fork-processing-1514468`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/rob-fork-processing-1514468`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1514468/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1514468/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1514468/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`