# Blue Creek Prep Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609226
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Kanawha, WV
- **Operator:** Blue Creek Mining, LLC
- **Controller:** Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,776
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Sev.en Global Investments a.s. (0158381) → Blue Creek Mining, LLC (0141656) → Blue Creek Prep Plant (4609226)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Magnum Coal Company → Coyote Coal Company LLC:** 2007-08-15 through 2008-07-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609226; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Coyote Coal Company LLC:** 2008-07-23 through 2009-01-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609226; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Magnum Coal Company → Midland Trail Energy, LLC:** 2009-01-27 through 2008-07-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609226; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Midland Trail Energy, LLC:** 2009-01-27 through 2015-10-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609226; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Blue Creek Mining, LLC:** 2015-10-26 through 2020-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609226; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Blue Creek Mining, LLC:** 2020-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609226; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 14
- 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 — 3 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 18 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 110 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 13 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 110 violation rows across the full record; 12 carry an S&S flag and $27,275 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 328 samples:** Occupational health samples 237 coal dust; 6 coal quartz; 85 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 9 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 21 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 49 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 23 contested-violation rows, 23 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 10 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 — 18 since 2021:** Inspections 77 inspection events and 4K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 40,693
- **Average employees:** 21
- **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.** (2 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 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **30 CFR 77.1710 — Protective clothing; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1710
- **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 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1703 — First-Aid training; supervisory employees.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1703
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 18 rows; 2009-02-23 through 2025-03-24; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-06-22 through 2016-06-22; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 106 rows; 2008-06-24 through 2026-06-02; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 23 rows; 2012-06-27 through 2017-11-13; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 237 rows; 2010-03-24 through 2026-09-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2013-03-08 through 2015-09-29; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 23 rows; 2010-03-29 through 2017-06-21; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 772 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 173 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2007-08-15 through 2015-10-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 77 rows; 2008-01-08 through 2026-06-30; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 110 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:** 85 rows; 2010-08-10 through 2026-01-06; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 6 rows; 2017-06-19 through 2025-07-15; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 110 rows; 2008-06-24 through 2026-06-02; 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/blue-creek-prep-plant-4609226`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/blue-creek-prep-plant-4609226`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609226/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609226/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609226/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`