# Manchester Complex

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1515153
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Clay, KY
- **Operator:** Blue Diamond Leasing LLC
- **Controller:** Austin  Asher
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,824
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Austin  Asher (0172100) → Blue Diamond Leasing LLC (0185093) → Manchester Complex (1515153)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Kaneb Services Inc → Leeco Inc:** 1985-04-01 through 1985-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515153; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Williams Companies Inc → Interstate Coal Company Inc:** 1985-07-01 through 1996-02-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515153; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Richard  Wells → Redbird Resources Llc:** 1996-02-08 through 1998-08-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515153; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Curtis  Hopkins → Cobra Coal Company Inc:** 1998-08-18 through 2002-02-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515153; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James  Parsons → J & L Drilling Inc:** 2002-02-11 through 2003-09-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515153; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Curtis  Hopkins → Cobra Coal Co Inc:** 2003-09-16 through 2004-06-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515153; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David  Wells → B & W Resources Inc:** 2004-06-16 through 2008-09-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515153; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lipari Energy → B & W Resources Inc:** 2008-09-12 through 2022-09-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515153; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Austin  Asher → Blue Diamond Leasing LLC:** 2022-09-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515153; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 25
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 7 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 139 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 58 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 372 violation rows across the full record; 130 carry an S&S flag and $57,563 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 336 samples:** Occupational health samples 202 coal dust; 5 coal quartz; 129 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 3K employee hours and 5 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 87 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 43 contested-violation rows, 43 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 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 — 20 since 2021:** Inspections 114 inspection events and 4K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 12,306
- **Average employees:** 8
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **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 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **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 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.207 — Illumination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.207
- **30 CFR 77.215-1 — Refuse piles; identification.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.215-1
- **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 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **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 77.200 — Surface installations; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.200

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 7 rows; 2004-11-13 through 2022-01-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2004-06-16 through 2004-06-16; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 366 rows; 2000-05-30 through 2026-06-17; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 43 rows; 2012-08-07 through 2019-07-16; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 202 rows; 2000-05-10 through 2026-08-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2020-05-14 through 2020-05-14; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 43 rows; 2011-06-30 through 2018-12-28; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,126 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 197 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 1985-04-01 through 2022-09-30; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 114 rows; 2000-03-30 through 2026-09-16; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 172 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 36 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 129 rows; 2000-05-10 through 2026-05-11; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 5 rows; 2019-12-19 through 2026-05-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 372 rows; 2000-05-30 through 2026-06-17; 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/manchester-complex-1515153`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/manchester-complex-1515153`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1515153/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1515153/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1515153/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`