# Raptor

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518376
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Leslie, KY
- **Operator:** Black Mountain Resources, LLC
- **Controller:** Jesse R  Sizemore; Amy R  Sizemore
- **Public source rows linked:** 15,289
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jesse R  Sizemore; Amy R  Sizemore (0149401) → Black Mountain Resources, LLC (0165053) → Raptor (1518376)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James River Coal Company → Bledsoe Coal Corp:** 2001-05-01 through 2014-12-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518376; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Blackjewel L.L.C.:** 2014-12-30 through 2019-10-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518376; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jesse R  Sizemore et al → Black Mountain Resources, LLC:** 2019-10-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518376; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Amy R  Sizemore et al → Black Mountain Resources, LLC:** 2019-10-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518376; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 10
- 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 266 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 2,007 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 3 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 3,244 violation rows across the full record; 1,134 carry an S&S flag and $1,906,868 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 4K samples:** Occupational health samples 3,573 coal dust; 336 coal quartz; 472 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 189 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 — 58K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 20K employee hours and 39 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 3,158 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1,542 contested-violation rows, 1,560 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 56 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 6 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 — 15 since 2021:** Inspections 279 inspection events and 27K 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 48.31 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.1731 — Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1731
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 266 rows; 2001-08-03 through 2019-05-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-11-02 through 2023-11-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 3,177 rows; 2001-08-06 through 2022-08-30; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1,560 rows; 2002-10-21 through 2021-04-09; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 3,573 rows; 2001-08-13 through 2019-06-13; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 56 rows; 2001-12-04 through 2020-05-18; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1,542 rows; 2004-08-10 through 2020-02-20; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 504 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 105 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2001-05-01 through 2019-10-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 279 rows; 2001-08-01 through 2023-10-10; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 134 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 35 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 472 rows; 2001-10-10 through 2019-04-12; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 336 rows; 2001-10-10 through 2019-04-12; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 3,244 rows; 2001-08-06 through 2022-08-30; 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/raptor-1518376`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/raptor-1518376`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518376/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518376/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518376/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`