# Raven Prep Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517724
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knott, KY
- **Operator:** Low Vol Coal, LLC
- **Controller:** Geoff  Coady
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,620
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Geoff  Coady (0170421) → Low Vol Coal, LLC (0211054) → Raven Prep Plant (1517724)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Nippon Kokan K K et al → National Mines Corp:** 1995-10-01 through 2005-07-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517724; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Penn Virginia Corp → Loadout LLC:** 2005-07-07 through 2006-01-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517724; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Coal Group Inc (ICG) → KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC:** 2006-01-05 through 2011-06-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517724; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC:** 2011-06-15 through 2016-04-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517724; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Quest Energy Corporation → KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC:** 2016-04-12 through 2017-01-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517724; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **American Resources Corporation → KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC:** 2017-01-05 through 2019-03-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517724; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles  Collins → CBD Resources, Inc:** 2019-03-29 through 2026-07-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517724; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Geoff  Coady → Low Vol Coal, LLC:** 2026-07-14 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517724; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 21
- 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 7 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 63 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 27 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 297 violation rows across the full record; 93 carry an S&S flag and $43,039 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 189 samples:** Occupational health samples 118 coal dust; 6 coal quartz; 65 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 6 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 — 17 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 8 contested-violation rows, 8 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 19 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 — 18 since 2021:** Inspections 154 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 71.403 — Waiver of surface facilities requirements; posting of waiver.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.403
- **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 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **30 CFR 71.404 — Application for waiver of surface facilities requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.404
- **30 CFR 77.216-3 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; inspection requirements; correction of hazards; program requirements.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-3
- **30 CFR 77.216-4 — Water, sediment or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; reporting requirements; certification.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-4

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 7 rows; 2006-03-13 through 2012-05-08; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-10-11 through 2023-10-11; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 293 rows; 2005-01-26 through 2026-05-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 8 rows; 2013-08-13 through 2017-08-31; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 118 rows; 2007-01-08 through 2023-08-03; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2012-12-04 through 2012-12-04; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 8 rows; 2012-10-15 through 2016-06-28; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,266 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 230 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1995-10-01 through 2026-07-14; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 154 rows; 2000-03-01 through 2026-07-30; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 133 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 24 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 65 rows; 2007-05-16 through 2022-12-02; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 6 rows; 2008-04-30 through 2022-02-23; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 297 rows; 2005-01-26 through 2026-05-14; 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/raven-prep-plant-1517724`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/raven-prep-plant-1517724`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517724/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517724/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517724/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`