# Meathouse Energy

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517287
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Sidney Coal Company
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,632
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc (0127923) → Sidney Coal Company (P16149) → Meathouse Energy (1517287)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Charles  Childress et al → Childress Construction:** 1992-08-01 through 1992-10-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517287; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Carl H  Childress et al → Childress Construction:** 1992-08-01 through 1992-10-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517287; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Danny  Justice → Dags Branch Coal Company Inc:** 1992-10-19 through 1995-03-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517287; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert  Stump → Try-Lex Of Kentucky Inc:** 1995-03-23 through 1997-02-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517287; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pittston Company → Addington Inc:** 1997-02-15 through 2002-07-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517287; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Sidney Coal Company:** 2002-07-22 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517287; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L  Griffith → Dags Branch Coal Company Inc:** 2004-07-01 through 1995-03-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517287; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Sidney Coal Company:** 2011-06-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517287; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L  Griffith et al → Dags Branch Coal Company Inc:** 2015-01-01 through 1995-03-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517287; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Herbert R  Hamilton et al → Dags Branch Coal Company Inc:** 2015-01-01 through 1995-03-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517287; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L  Griffith → Dags Branch Coal Company Inc:** 2016-05-26 through 1995-03-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517287; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Sidney Coal Company:** 2016-07-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517287; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 12
- Typed edges: 27
- Interval anomalies: 4
- 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 50 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,907 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 711 violation rows across the full record; 334 carry an S&S flag and $220,431 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,184 coal dust; 100 coal quartz; 102 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 44 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 216 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 104 contested-violation rows, 106 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 6 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 176 inspection events and 6K 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 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.1502 — Mine emergency evacuation and firefighting program of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1502
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 75.208 — Warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.208
- **30 CFR 75.1909 — Nonpermissible diesel-powered equipment; design and performance requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1909

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 50 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2007-09-26; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2008-05-20 through 2008-05-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 689 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2007-09-26; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 106 rows; 2001-05-31 through 2011-03-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,184 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2007-09-20; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 6 rows; 2000-05-22 through 2006-11-07; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 104 rows; 2006-05-31 through 2007-09-13; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 224 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 52 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 12 rows; 1992-08-01 through 2002-07-22; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 176 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2008-04-09; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 94 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 20 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 102 rows; 2000-02-03 through 2007-06-05; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 100 rows; 2000-02-03 through 2007-08-29; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 711 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2007-09-26; 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/meathouse-energy-1517287`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/meathouse-energy-1517287`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517287/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517287/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517287/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`