# Beaver Creek

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519604
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Banner Blue Coal Company
- **Controller:** Metinvest B V
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,752
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Metinvest B V (0085453) → Banner Blue Coal Company (P21542) → Beaver Creek (1519604)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Greg  Fleenor → Mill Branch Processing, Inc.:** 2011-07-08 through 2019-10-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519604; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2019-10-28 through 2021-03-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519604; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2019-10-28 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519604; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sam  Blankenship → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2019-10-28 through 2006-01-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519604; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary A  Horn → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2019-10-28 through 2005-10-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519604; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bee  Handshoe → Bee B & B, LLC:** 2021-03-04 through 2019-03-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519604; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Josh  Young → Bee B & B, LLC:** 2021-03-04 through 2025-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519604; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2025-08-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519604; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2025-08-01 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519604; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sam  Blankenship → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2025-08-01 through 2006-01-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519604; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary A  Horn → Banner Blue Coal Company:** 2025-08-01 through 2005-10-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519604; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 11
- Typed edges: 22
- Interval anomalies: 7
- 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 — 9 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 9 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 615 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 277 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 293 violation rows across the full record; 35 carry an S&S flag and $47,931 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 716 samples:** Occupational health samples 629 coal dust; 24 coal quartz; 63 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 11K employee hours and 19 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 256 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 128 contested-violation rows, 128 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 — 21 since 2021:** Inspections 43 inspection events and 4K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 54,817 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 46,518
- **Average employees:** 23
- **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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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
- **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 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **30 CFR 72.630 — Drill dust control at underground areas of underground mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.630
- **30 CFR 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604
- **30 CFR 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **30 CFR 75.523-3 — Automatic emergency-parking brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-3

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 9 rows; 2021-07-26 through 2023-10-20; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-08-07 through 2025-08-07; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 284 rows; 2011-12-14 through 2025-07-25; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 128 rows; 2021-11-02 through 2025-09-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 629 rows; 2012-02-28 through 2025-05-20; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 128 rows; 2021-04-13 through 2025-04-30; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 11 rows; 2011-07-08 through 2025-08-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 43 rows; 2011-09-14 through 2025-07-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 99 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 26 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 63 rows; 2012-02-28 through 2025-06-03; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 24 rows; 2021-06-09 through 2025-05-20; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 293 rows; 2011-12-14 through 2025-08-18; 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/beaver-creek-1519604`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/beaver-creek-1519604`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519604/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519604/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519604/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`