# Bluegrass Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1516231
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Henderson, KY
- **Operator:** ERP Environmental Fund Inc
- **Controller:** Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF)
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,308
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF) (0121101) → ERP Environmental Fund Inc (0141713) → Bluegrass Mine (1516231)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **First Mississippi Corp → Pyramid Mining Inc:** 1987-10-01 through 1989-02-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516231; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles  Hoke et al → Hoke Company Inc:** 1989-02-22 through 1991-05-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516231; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Anne  Hoke et al → Hoke Company Inc:** 1989-02-22 through 1991-05-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516231; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **First Mississippi Corp → Pyramid Mining Inc:** 1991-05-30 through 1993-10-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516231; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thunderbird Energy Inc → Pyramid Mining Inc:** 1993-10-15 through 1993-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516231; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rick  Ward → Grand Eagle Mining Corp:** 1994-01-01 through 1995-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516231; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Peabody Energy Corporation → Grand Eagle Mining, LLC:** 1995-04-18 through 2007-10-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516231; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Grand Eagle Mining, LLC:** 2007-10-31 through 2015-12-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516231; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF) → ERP Environmental Fund Inc:** 2015-12-10 through 2017-01-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516231; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kissito Healthcare Inc → ERP Environmental Fund Inc:** 2017-01-26 through 2018-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516231; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF) → ERP Environmental Fund Inc:** 2019-01-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516231; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 11
- Typed edges: 27
- 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 21 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 579 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 373 violation rows across the full record; 104 carry an S&S flag and $80,112 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 412 samples:** Occupational health samples 290 coal dust; 4 coal quartz; 118 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 18 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 4K employee hours and 5 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 55 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 19 contested-violation rows, 19 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 17 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 13 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 68 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 71.500 — Sanitary toilet facilities at surface work sites; installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.500
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **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 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 21 rows; 2000-10-08 through 2008-01-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-02-01 through 2018-02-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 355 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2016-06-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 19 rows; 2007-04-04 through 2017-05-25; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 290 rows; 2000-01-20 through 2017-11-16; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 17 rows; 2000-07-06 through 2013-07-17; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 19 rows; 2006-05-11 through 2015-06-11; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,394 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 337 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 11 rows; 1987-10-01 through 2015-12-10; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 68 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2018-01-29; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 238 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 42 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 118 rows; 2000-02-29 through 2017-09-19; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 4 rows; 2000-08-14 through 2017-03-20; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 373 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2016-06-07; 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/bluegrass-mine-1516231`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bluegrass-mine-1516231`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1516231/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1516231/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1516231/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`