# CHM 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518765
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Whitley, KY
- **Operator:** Contract Highwall Mining, LLC
- **Controller:** F D  Justice II; Greg  Henzman
- **Public source rows linked:** 980
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**F D  Justice II; Greg  Henzman (0042775) → Contract Highwall Mining, LLC (0051979) → CHM 1 (1518765)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Keith D  Dyke → Black Fuel Energy LLC:** 2004-05-19 through 2011-11-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518765; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Keith D  Dyke → Black Fuel Energy LLC:** 2011-11-04 through 2012-09-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518765; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Quintana Capital Group GP Ltd et al → Kopper Glo Mining, LLC:** 2012-09-21 through 2017-06-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518765; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Greg  Henzman  et al → Contract Highwall Mining, LLC:** 2017-06-29 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518765; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **F D  Justice II  et al → Contract Highwall Mining, LLC:** 2017-06-29 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518765; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Industrial Minerals Group LLC → Kopper Glo Mining, LLC:** 2018-12-31 through 2017-06-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518765; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 15
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 8 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 329 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 21 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 123 violation rows across the full record; 23 carry an S&S flag and $44,610 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 278 samples:** Occupational health samples 150 coal dust; 1 coal quartz; 127 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 3 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 — 10K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 2K employee hours and 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 11 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 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 — 22 since 2021:** Inspections 79 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 134,711 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 18,164
- **Average employees:** 7
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **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 77.603 — Clamping of trailing cables to equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-G/section-77.603
- **30 CFR 48.26 — Experienced miner training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.26
- **30 CFR 72.100 — Periodic examinations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-B/section-72.100
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 8 rows; 2006-12-08 through 2024-04-01; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-09-28 through 2026-09-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 120 rows; 2004-09-28 through 2026-06-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2013-02-27 through 2013-02-27; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 150 rows; 2005-01-20 through 2026-09-30; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2009-11-03 through 2009-11-03; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2009-09-24 through 2011-11-21; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 160 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 37 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2004-05-19 through 2017-06-29; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 79 rows; 2004-07-08 through 2026-09-30; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 131 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 25 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 127 rows; 2005-01-20 through 2026-09-30; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1 rows; 2023-10-24 through 2023-10-24; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 123 rows; 2004-09-28 through 2026-06-11; 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/chm-1-1518765`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/chm-1-1518765`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518765/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518765/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518765/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`