# Prep Plant #2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517954
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Lawrence, KY
- **Operator:** Beech Fork Processing LLC
- **Controller:** James H  Booth
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,677
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James H  Booth (C11194) → Beech Fork Processing LLC (P18949) → Prep Plant #2 (1517954)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Joe (John J)  Childress et al → Southern Processing Enterprises Inc:** 1997-06-01 through 1998-03-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517954; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Richard L  Cooper → Richardson Fuel Inc:** 1998-03-13 through 1999-12-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517954; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pen Holdings Inc → Levisa Fork Mining Company:** 1999-12-04 through 2002-12-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517954; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James H  Booth et al → Argus Energy, LLC:** 2002-12-30 through 2002-12-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517954; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James H  Booth et al → Beech Fork Processing LLC:** 2002-12-31 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517954; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 15
- 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 12 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 933 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 9 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 258 violation rows across the full record; 92 carry an S&S flag and $34,225 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 269 samples:** Occupational health samples 174 coal dust; 24 coal quartz; 71 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 21 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 — 92 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 34 contested-violation rows, 41 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 17 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 252 inspection events and 5K 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 77.1606 — 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 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **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 48.23 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **30 CFR 77.216 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216
- **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 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **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 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 12 rows; 2001-01-05 through 2015-03-05; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2015-12-18 through 2015-12-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 257 rows; 2000-02-17 through 2026-06-03; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 41 rows; 2004-06-28 through 2016-06-02; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 174 rows; 2000-01-28 through 2015-11-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 17 rows; 2000-08-21 through 2005-06-09; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 34 rows; 2004-09-12 through 2015-04-28; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,160 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 228 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1997-06-01 through 2002-12-31; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 252 rows; 2000-02-17 through 2026-07-28; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 123 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 19 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 71 rows; 2001-01-03 through 2014-12-13; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 24 rows; 2000-12-12 through 2015-05-13; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 258 rows; 2000-02-17 through 2026-06-03; 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/prep-plant-2-1517954`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/prep-plant-2-1517954`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517954/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517954/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517954/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`