# BATTLETOWN MATERIALS, LLC

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518147
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC
- **Location:** Meade, KY
- **Operator:** BATTLETOWN MATERIALS, LLC
- **Controller:** Eagle Materials Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,978
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Eagle Materials Inc (M00946) → BATTLETOWN MATERIALS, LLC (0188453) → BATTLETOWN MATERIALS, LLC (1518147)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Robert T  Liter et al → Liter's, Inc.:** 1999-01-01 through 2003-10-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518147; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Randy D  Stroup → Southern Pride Materials LLC:** 2003-10-23 through 2004-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518147; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John F  Steele Jr → Hilltop Big Bend Quarry LLC:** 2004-10-01 through 2024-08-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518147; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eagle Materials Inc → Battletown Materials, LLC:** 2024-08-10 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518147; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John G Liter → Liter's, Inc.:** 2025-01-09 through 2003-10-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518147; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 14
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 — 4 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 17 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 388 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 81 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 234 violation rows across the full record; 71 carry an S&S flag and $69,762 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 61 samples:** Occupational health samples 61 personal. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 12K employee hours and 24 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 103 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 45 contested-violation rows, 56 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 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 107 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 56.14207 — Parking procedures for unattended equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14207
- **30 CFR 56.3131 — Pit or quarry wall perimeter.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-B/section-56.3131
- **30 CFR 56.12028 — Testing grounding systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12028
- **30 CFR 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100
- **30 CFR 56.14107 — Moving machine parts.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14107
- **30 CFR 56.14112 — Construction and maintenance of guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14112
- **30 CFR 56.11001 — Safe access.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11001
- **30 CFR 56.11002 — Handrails and toeboards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11002

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 17 rows; 2000-11-06 through 2026-09-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1999-11-28 through 1999-11-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 227 rows; 2000-08-15 through 2026-08-17; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 56 rows; 2006-11-07 through 2023-06-13; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2021-10-18 through 2021-10-18; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 45 rows; 2005-12-13 through 2023-01-09; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,495 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 332 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1999-01-01 through 2024-08-10; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 107 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2026-09-28; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 315 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 80 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Samples:** 61 rows; 2004-06-09 through 2026-08-10; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 234 rows; 2000-07-27 through 2026-09-28; 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/battletown-materials-llc-1518147`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/battletown-materials-llc-1518147`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518147/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518147/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518147/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`