# Lick Branch Slurry Impoundment

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517828
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knott, KY
- **Operator:** Liberty Management, LLC.
- **Controller:** Steve  Allen; Philip  Marsh
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,678
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Steve  Allen; Philip  Marsh (0116941) → Liberty Management, LLC. (0137473) → Lick Branch Slurry Impoundment (1517828)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Cyprus Amax Minerals Company → Star Fire Mining Company:** 1996-08-01 through 1998-06-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517828; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Star Fire Mining:** 1998-06-29 through 2003-06-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517828; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Horizon Natural Resources Co:** 2003-06-16 through 2004-11-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517828; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → New Ridge Mining Company:** 2004-11-11 through 2005-05-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517828; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Big Elk Mining LLC:** 2005-05-09 through 2007-04-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517828; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Frasure Creek Mining, LLC.:** 2007-04-13 through 2008-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517828; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth W  Woodring → Frasure Creek Mining, LLC.:** 2008-11-01 through 2010-04-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517828; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Essar Minerals Canada Limited → Frasure Creek Mining, LLC.:** 2010-04-07 through 2016-01-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517828; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Steve  Allen et al → Liberty Management, LLC.:** 2016-02-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517828; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Philip  Marsh et al → Liberty Management, LLC.:** 2016-02-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517828; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 26
- 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 204 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 1 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 194 violation rows across the full record; 68 carry an S&S flag and $41,310 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 138 samples:** Occupational health samples 93 coal dust; 1 coal quartz; 44 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 — 22 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 7 contested-violation rows, 7 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 8 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 12 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 — 26 since 2021:** Inspections 193 inspection events and 3K 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 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 48.23 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23
- **30 CFR 71.402 — Minimum requirements for bathing facilities, change rooms, and sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.402
- **30 CFR 77.216 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; general.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 7 rows; 2003-03-18 through 2012-03-07; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-07-31 through 2013-07-31; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 182 rows; 2001-12-10 through 2024-10-02; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 7 rows; 2007-06-05 through 2013-03-26; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 93 rows; 2003-12-10 through 2019-12-12; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 8 rows; 2006-08-29 through 2013-04-24; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 7 rows; 2006-07-24 through 2011-12-07; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 618 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 144 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 1996-08-01 through 2016-02-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 193 rows; 2000-01-31 through 2026-09-14; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 155 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 44 rows; 2003-12-10 through 2012-08-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1 rows; 2019-08-01 through 2019-08-01; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 194 rows; 2001-12-10 through 2024-10-02; 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/lick-branch-slurry-impoundment-1517828`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/lick-branch-slurry-impoundment-1517828`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517828/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517828/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517828/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`