# CAVE BRANCH PLANT

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1516054
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** Bluegrass Natural Resources, LLC
- **Controller:** Javelin Global Commodities (UK) Ltd
- **Public source rows linked:** 6,401
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Javelin Global Commodities (UK) Ltd (0178863) → Bluegrass Natural Resources, LLC (0190634) → CAVE BRANCH PLANT (1516054)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Ashland Inc et al → Arch Of Kentucky:** 1987-05-01 through 1999-05-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516054; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **R K  Williams et al → Processing Systems Llc:** 1999-05-27 through 1999-10-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516054; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wilma F  Patrick et al → Processing Systems Llc:** 1999-05-27 through 1999-10-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516054; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Scott  Kiscaden → Mountain Labor Llc:** 1999-10-12 through 2002-02-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516054; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ray  Williams  et al → Old Virginia Services, L.L.C.:** 2002-02-20 through 2015-09-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516054; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Scott  Kiscaden et al → Old Virginia Services, L.L.C.:** 2002-02-20 through 2015-09-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516054; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Blackjewel L.L.C.:** 2015-09-30 through 2019-09-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516054; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Industrial Minerals Group LLC → INMET Mining, LLC.:** 2019-09-19 through 2023-08-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516054; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Javelin Global Commodities (UK) Ltd → Bluegrass Natural Resources, LLC:** 2023-08-03 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516054; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 23
- 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 — 6 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 23 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 983 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 67 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 923 violation rows across the full record; 277 carry an S&S flag and $175,131 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 600 samples:** Occupational health samples 384 coal dust; 34 coal quartz; 182 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 20 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 41K employee hours and 68 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 291 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 111 contested-violation rows, 152 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 28 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 35 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 — 31 since 2021:** Inspections 166 inspection events and 8K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 128,075
- **Average employees:** 46
- **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 77.205 — 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 77.1104 — 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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 23 rows; 2000-05-30 through 2024-08-05; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2022-11-14 through 2022-11-14; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 908 rows; 2000-03-20 through 2026-04-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 152 rows; 2001-05-24 through 2019-08-19; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 384 rows; 2000-03-20 through 2026-09-15; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 28 rows; 2000-05-24 through 2023-04-12; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 111 rows; 2004-05-10 through 2019-03-22; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,758 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 529 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 1987-05-01 through 2023-08-03; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 166 rows; 2000-02-03 through 2026-10-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 155 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 37 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 182 rows; 2000-05-10 through 2026-04-27; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 34 rows; 2000-05-10 through 2026-04-27; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 923 rows; 2000-03-20 through 2026-10-07; 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/cave-branch-plant-1516054`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/cave-branch-plant-1516054`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1516054/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1516054/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1516054/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`