# Metech

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519736
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Contract Highwall Mining, LLC
- **Controller:** F D  Justice II; Greg  Henzman
- **Public source rows linked:** 247
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**F D  Justice II; Greg  Henzman (0042775) → Contract Highwall Mining, LLC (0051979) → Metech (1519736)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Greg  Henzman  et al → Contract Highwall Mining, LLC:** 2014-02-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519736; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **F D  Justice II  et al → Contract Highwall Mining, LLC:** 2014-02-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519736; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 4
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 27 violation rows across the full record; 4 carry an S&S flag and $3,370 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 64 samples:** Occupational health samples 32 coal dust; 32 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 7 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 8 contested-violation rows, 8 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 — 4 since 2021:** Inspections 28 inspection events and 516 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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 48.29 — Records of training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.29
- **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 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1102 — Warning signs; smoking and open flame.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1102
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **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 77.106 — Records of certified and qualified persons.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-B/section-77.106

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-11-15 through 2018-11-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 27 rows; 2014-06-19 through 2018-10-16; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 8 rows; 2018-05-09 through 2019-02-21; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 32 rows; 2014-07-10 through 2018-04-30; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 8 rows; 2017-03-22 through 2018-10-16; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 39 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2014-02-12 through 2014-02-12; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 28 rows; 2014-04-01 through 2026-09-23; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 27 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 32 rows; 2014-07-10 through 2018-01-24; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 27 rows; 2014-06-19 through 2018-10-16; 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/metech-1519736`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/metech-1519736`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519736/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519736/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519736/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`