# Preparation Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517733
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** MC Mining LLC
- **Controller:** Alliance Resource Partners LP
- **Public source rows linked:** 5,535
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alliance Resource Partners LP (C15455) → MC Mining LLC (P24360) → Preparation Plant (1517733)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **(Donald) Todd  Kiscaden et al → Pentagram Mining Company:** 1995-11-01 through 1996-03-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517733; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rex  Fought → Garrett Mining Inc:** 1996-03-09 through 1997-03-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517733; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Steven  Fain → D-Mac Enterprises Inc:** 1997-03-24 through 1999-08-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517733; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alliance Resource Partners LP → MC Mining LLC:** 1999-08-11 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517733; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 12
- 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 — 3 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 24 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 993 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 104 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 793 violation rows across the full record; 273 carry an S&S flag and $131,564 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 915 samples:** Occupational health samples 628 coal dust; 95 coal quartz; 192 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 27 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 14K employee hours and 28 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 131 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 20 contested-violation rows, 24 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 87 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 20 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 — 20 since 2021:** Inspections 256 inspection events and 8K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 95,235
- **Average employees:** 46
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.202 — Dust accumulations in surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.202
- **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 77.200 — Surface installations; general.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.200
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **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 50.20-1 — General instructions for completing MSHA Form 7000-1.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20-1
- **30 CFR 77.1102 — Warning signs; smoking and open flame.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1102
- **30 CFR 77.505 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.505

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 24 rows; 2000-03-24 through 2024-11-05; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1997-07-21 through 1997-07-21; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 776 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2026-05-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 24 rows; 2003-03-04 through 2013-11-14; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 628 rows; 2000-03-01 through 2026-09-11; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 87 rows; 2000-06-23 through 2014-10-30; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 20 rows; 2008-02-04 through 2013-01-16; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,984 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 406 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1995-11-01 through 1999-08-11; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 256 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2026-10-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 215 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 29 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 192 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2025-11-06; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 95 rows; 2000-08-12 through 2026-04-07; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 793 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2026-10-07; 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/preparation-plant-1517733`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/preparation-plant-1517733`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517733/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517733/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517733/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`