# SPURLOCK PLANT

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1515978
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Floyd, KY
- **Operator:** Tahiti Energy, Inc.
- **Controller:** Jody Dale Puckett
- **Public source rows linked:** 5,780
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jody Dale Puckett (0069491) → Tahiti Energy, Inc. (0181655) → SPURLOCK PLANT (1515978)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Larry  Thornsberry et al → Samco Mining Company Inc:** 1987-04-01 through 1989-04-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Koch Industries Inc → Koch Carbon Inc:** 1989-04-10 through 1994-03-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John  Harris → Bull Creek Coal Corporation:** 1994-03-31 through 2006-05-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Harold  Sergent  et al → Black Diamond Mining Co LLC:** 2006-05-15 through 2010-07-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas A  Potter et al → Black Hawk Mining LLC:** 2010-07-16 through 2013-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John M  Potter et al → Black Hawk Mining LLC:** 2010-07-16 through 2013-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Black Hawk Mining LLC:** 2013-07-01 through 2015-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Spurlock Mining LLC:** 2015-07-01 through 2022-12-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jody Dale Puckett → Tahiti Energy, Inc.:** 2022-12-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 24
- 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 — 4 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 37 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,607 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 127 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 763 violation rows across the full record; 319 carry an S&S flag and $131,016 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 799 samples:** Occupational health samples 500 coal dust; 66 coal quartz; 233 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 71 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 15K employee hours and 28 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 243 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 101 contested-violation rows, 128 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 14 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 31 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 — 36 since 2021:** Inspections 310 inspection events and 9K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 40,180
- **Average employees:** 20
- **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 77.502-2 — 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 77.205 — 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 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 47.41 — Requirement for container labels.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.41

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 37 rows; 2000-01-27 through 2025-06-16; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-02-22 through 2023-02-22; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 754 rows; 2000-02-01 through 2026-04-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 128 rows; 2004-05-07 through 2025-04-22; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 500 rows; 2000-01-27 through 2026-08-13; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 14 rows; 2001-05-02 through 2017-10-25; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 101 rows; 2007-10-11 through 2026-04-08; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,232 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 413 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 1987-04-01 through 2022-12-02; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 310 rows; 2000-02-01 through 2026-09-17; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 175 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 43 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 233 rows; 2000-02-09 through 2026-04-30; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 66 rows; 2000-10-19 through 2026-04-30; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 763 rows; 2000-02-01 through 2026-09-10; 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/spurlock-plant-1515978`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/spurlock-plant-1515978`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1515978/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1515978/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1515978/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`