# Razorblade Surface

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519829
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Letcher, KY
- **Operator:** Bluegrass Resources, LLC
- **Controller:** Paul S Lopez; Clayton  Degiacinto
- **Public source rows linked:** 190
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Paul S Lopez; Clayton  Degiacinto (0177763) → Bluegrass Resources, LLC (0182813) → Razorblade Surface (1519829)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Wexford Capital LLC → Deane Mining LLC:** 2018-04-04 through 2010-10-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519829; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rhino Resource Partners LP → Deane Mining LLC:** 2018-04-04 through 2015-12-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519829; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Quest Energy Corporation → Deane Mining LLC:** 2018-04-04 through 2017-01-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519829; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **American Resources Corporation → Deane Mining LLC:** 2018-04-04 through 2022-07-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519829; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Amy  Sizemore → Patriot Fuels LLC:** 2022-07-31 through 2022-09-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519829; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Amy  Sizemore → Bluegrass Resources, LLC:** 2022-09-13 through 2022-09-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519829; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ken  McCoy et al → Bluegrass Resources, LLC:** 2022-09-13 through 2023-06-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519829; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jason  McCoy et al → Bluegrass Resources, LLC:** 2022-09-13 through 2023-06-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519829; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Paul S Lopez et al → Bluegrass Resources, LLC:** 2023-06-21 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519829; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Clayton  Degiacinto et al → Bluegrass Resources, LLC:** 2023-06-21 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519829; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 21
- Interval anomalies: 4
- 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 — 7 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 29 violation rows across the full record; 11 carry an S&S flag and $7,302 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 61 samples:** Occupational health samples 42 coal dust; 5 coal quartz; 14 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 — 12K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 3K employee hours and 11 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 18 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 9 contested-violation rows, 9 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 — 8 since 2021:** Inspections 17 inspection events and 571 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.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **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 47.51 — Requirement for an MSDS.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-F/section-47.51
- **30 CFR 47.31 — Requirement for a HazCom program.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-D/section-47.31
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-08-14 through 2024-08-14; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 29 rows; 2018-05-17 through 2023-05-02; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 9 rows; 2019-01-11 through 2019-01-11; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 42 rows; 2018-09-24 through 2023-09-26; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 9 rows; 2018-05-17 through 2018-06-11; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1 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:** 10 rows; 2018-04-04 through 2022-09-13; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 17 rows; 2018-04-26 through 2026-08-31; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 19 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 3 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 14 rows; 2018-09-24 through 2023-05-16; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 5 rows; 2018-09-24 through 2023-05-16; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 29 rows; 2018-05-17 through 2023-05-02; 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/razorblade-surface-1519829`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/razorblade-surface-1519829`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519829/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519829/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519829/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`