# Burnwell Energy

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1516599
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Road Fork Development Company Inc
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,394
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Road Fork Development Company Inc (P22248) → Burnwell Energy (1516599)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Salmons Carlos → C & R Coal Company:** 1989-04-01 through 1990-05-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516599; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sharon  Preece et al → Preece Energy Inc:** 1990-05-30 through 1993-07-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516599; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dwight D  McCoy → Carbon Processors Inc:** 1993-07-27 through 1994-01-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516599; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Road Fork Development Company Inc:** 1994-01-28 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516599; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Road Fork Development Company Inc:** 2011-06-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516599; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Road Fork Development Company Inc:** 2016-07-26 through 2018-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516599; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Road Fork Development Company Inc:** 2018-11-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516599; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 18
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 46 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,753 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 771 violation rows across the full record; 433 carry an S&S flag and $284,400 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 684 samples:** Occupational health samples 595 coal dust; 45 coal quartz; 44 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 16 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 — 110K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 24K employee hours and 40 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 19 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 5 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 9 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 6 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 126 inspection events and 4K 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 77.1710 — Protective clothing; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1710
- **30 CFR 48.31 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 75.312 — Main mine fan examinations and records.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.312
- **30 CFR 75.310 — Installation of main mine fans.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.310
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **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 77.1109 — 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:** 46 rows; 2000-01-17 through 2006-10-31; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2006-12-12 through 2006-12-12; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 757 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2006-12-01; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2003-12-04 through 2006-12-13; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 595 rows; 2000-01-17 through 2006-02-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 9 rows; 2001-05-02 through 2004-05-20; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2002-10-09 through 2004-11-08; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 793 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 151 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 1989-04-01 through 1994-01-28; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 126 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2006-11-06; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 24 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 44 rows; 2001-04-16 through 2005-11-02; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 45 rows; 2000-04-10 through 2006-02-08; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 771 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2006-12-01; 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/burnwell-energy-1516599`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/burnwell-energy-1516599`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1516599/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1516599/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1516599/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`