# Mosley Gap Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519894
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Whitley, KY
- **Operator:** Ferroglobe USA Mining, LLC
- **Controller:** Ferroglobe PLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 939
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ferroglobe PLC (0100987) → Ferroglobe USA Mining, LLC (0080224) → Mosley Gap Mine (1519894)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James  Cox et al → Ferroglobe USA Mining, LLC:** 2021-02-24 through 2009-07-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519894; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **NCGPAsset Holdings II LP et al → Ferroglobe USA Mining, LLC:** 2021-02-24 through 2011-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519894; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ferroglobe PLC → Ferroglobe USA Mining, LLC:** 2021-02-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519894; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 53 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 53 violation rows across the full record; 3 carry an S&S flag and $9,344 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 270 samples:** Occupational health samples 182 coal dust; 10 coal quartz; 78 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 215 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 6 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 3 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 — 32 since 2021:** Inspections 32 inspection events and 1K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 49,368 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 87,727
- **Average employees:** 27
- **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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 71.209 — Status change reports.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.209
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **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 77.700-1 — Approved methods of grounding.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-H/section-77.700-1
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2024-09-23 through 2024-09-23; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-08-03 through 2026-08-03; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 52 rows; 2021-04-29 through 2026-08-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2021-12-22 through 2021-12-22; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 182 rows; 2021-04-29 through 2026-08-19; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 3 rows; 2021-04-29 through 2021-05-18; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 420 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 72 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2021-02-24 through 2021-02-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 32 rows; 2021-03-30 through 2026-09-17; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 22 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 78 rows; 2021-04-29 through 2026-08-13; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 10 rows; 2021-04-29 through 2024-09-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 53 rows; 2021-04-29 through 2026-08-05; 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/mosley-gap-mine-1519894`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mosley-gap-mine-1519894`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519894/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519894/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519894/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`