# Huff Creek Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517234
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** Bluegrass Natural Resources, LLC
- **Controller:** Javelin Global Commodities (UK) Ltd
- **Public source rows linked:** 14,980
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Javelin Global Commodities (UK) Ltd (0178863) → Bluegrass Natural Resources, LLC (0190634) → Huff Creek Mine (1517234)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Ashland Inc et al → Lone Mountain Processing LLC:** 1992-05-01 through 2005-09-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517234; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → Lone Mountain Processing LLC:** 2005-09-20 through 2017-09-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517234; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Black Jewel, LLC:** 2017-09-14 through 2019-09-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517234; 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 1517234; 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 1517234; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 14
- 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 — 2 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 273 historical accident/injury rows; 5 coded fatalities and 6,588 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 2,491 violation rows across the full record; 656 carry an S&S flag and $1,040,700 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 7K samples:** Occupational health samples 5,611 coal dust; 496 coal quartz; 513 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 137 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 — 251K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 90K employee hours and 157 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 1,342 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 552 contested-violation rows, 592 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 198 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 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 — 16 since 2021:** Inspections 924 inspection events and 44K 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 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 77.800-1 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; procedures.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-I/section-77.800-1
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 77.1701 — Emergency communications; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1701
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **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 75.1202-1 — Temporary notations, revisions, and supplements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1202-1
- **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 75.1600-2 — Communication facilities; working sections; installation and maintenance requirements; audible or visual alarms.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-Q/section-75.1600-2

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 273 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2021-12-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-01-24 through 2024-01-24; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 2,404 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2020-11-24; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 592 rows; 2000-06-20 through 2019-10-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 5,611 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2019-05-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 198 rows; 2000-03-08 through 2019-04-03; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 552 rows; 2003-11-24 through 2019-05-01; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 673 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 178 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1992-05-01 through 2023-08-03; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 924 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2024-01-22; 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:** 44 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 513 rows; 2000-02-01 through 2019-09-13; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 496 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2019-05-28; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 2,491 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2020-11-24; 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/huff-creek-mine-1517234`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/huff-creek-mine-1517234`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517234/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517234/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517234/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`