# Black Bird

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518488
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** Black Mountain Resources, LLC
- **Controller:** Jesse R  Sizemore; Amy R  Sizemore
- **Public source rows linked:** 920
- **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) → Black Bird (1518488)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Tom  Roberts et al → Kelly Branch Resources, LLC:** 2001-12-11 through 2002-04-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518488; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jackie (Mitch)  Fannin Et Al → Kelly Branch Mining Inc.:** 2002-04-22 through 2002-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518488; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jack  Stump Et Al → Kelly Branch Mining Inc.:** 2002-04-22 through 2002-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518488; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Tom  Roberts et al → Northpoint Resources LLC:** 2002-08-01 through 2002-11-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518488; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Randall  Fleming → H & D Mining, Inc.:** 2002-11-04 through 2003-01-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518488; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Stacy  Roberts → CNS Mining, Inc.:** 2003-01-03 through 2003-07-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518488; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wendy  Helton → New Phase Mining, LLC:** 2003-07-07 through 2003-12-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518488; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Tom  Roberts et al → Kelly Branch Resources, Inc.:** 2003-12-03 through 2006-02-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518488; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joseph T  Bennett  et al → Rex Coal Company Inc:** 2006-02-06 through 2019-07-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518488; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Amy R  Sizemore et al → Black Mountain Resources, LLC:** 2019-07-10 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518488; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jesse R  Sizemore et al → Black Mountain Resources, LLC:** 2019-07-10 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518488; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 11
- Typed edges: 28
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 165 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 2 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 313 violation rows across the full record; 167 carry an S&S flag and $30,313 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 113 samples:** Occupational health samples 91 coal dust; 7 coal quartz; 15 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 16 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 5 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 6 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 — 13 since 2021:** Inspections 83 inspection events and 2K 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 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 75.1711-3 — Openings of active mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711-3
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **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 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **30 CFR 75.372 — Mine ventilation map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.372
- **30 CFR 77.516 — Electric wiring and equipment; installation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.516
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 77.900-1 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; procedures.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.900-1
- **30 CFR 77.800-1 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; procedures.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-I/section-77.800-1

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2003-11-03 through 2003-11-03; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-11-02 through 2023-11-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 289 rows; 2002-09-10 through 2022-03-21; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2009-02-27 through 2009-02-27; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 91 rows; 2002-09-25 through 2004-10-19; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 6 rows; 2004-05-06 through 2019-10-03; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2007-12-10 through 2007-12-10; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 37 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 11 rows; 2001-12-11 through 2019-07-10; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 83 rows; 2002-03-27 through 2023-08-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 42 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 15 rows; 2002-09-25 through 2003-05-27; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 7 rows; 2002-12-04 through 2004-07-29; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 313 rows; 2002-09-10 through 2022-03-31; 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/black-bird-1518488`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/black-bird-1518488`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518488/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518488/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518488/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`