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MSHA DATABASEMSHA records · 17 contributing sources · snapshot Oct 13, 2026
Thomas J Loving; Joseph T Bennett Jr; Andrew T Loving→4TH GEN FUELS, LLC.→Hances Ridge Split #1

MINE DETAILS

Hances Ridge Split #1

ActiveSurfaceCoal (Bituminous)
MSHA MINE ID1519891
LOCATIONBell, KY
PUBLIC RECORD812 linked rows

LOCATION

Mine location

1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.

Mine coordinates

2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13Applies to production, safety and portfolio metrics. Silica samples have separate filters.

2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4

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Database snapshot · 2026-10-13. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.

Coal production

280,281

reported short tons

  1. 2025 Q137,531
  2. 2025 Q250,564
  3. 2025 Q344,367
  4. 2025 Q444,500
  5. 2026 Q151,472
  6. 2026 Q251,847
  7. 2026 Q3—No usable value reported
  8. 2026 Q4 *—No usable value reported

Hours worked

84,964

reported employee hours

  1. 2025 Q113,864
  2. 2025 Q213,886
  3. 2025 Q314,987
  4. 2025 Q413,105
  5. 2026 Q114,318
  6. 2026 Q214,804
  7. 2026 Q3—No usable value reported
  8. 2026 Q4 *—No usable value reported

Tons per hour

3.30

production ÷ hours worked

  1. 2025 Q12.71
  2. 2025 Q23.64
  3. 2025 Q32.96
  4. 2025 Q43.40
  5. 2026 Q13.59
  6. 2026 Q23.50
  7. 2026 Q3—No usable value reported
  8. 2026 Q4 *—No usable value reported

Missing values appear as —. Totals use available reports. Tons per hour requires production and hours for the same quarters and a nonzero hours total. * Striped bars mark partial mine coverage or an incomplete quarter. See the table for coverage.

Quarterly data and reporting coverage
Quarterly production, employment and reporting coverage for Hances Ridge Split #1
QuarterCoal (short tons)Hours workedTons / hourAvg. employeesCoverage
2025 Q137,53113,8642.71191/1 mines reporting
2025 Q250,56413,8863.64191/1 mines reporting
2025 Q344,36714,9872.96211/1 mines reporting
2025 Q444,50013,1053.40191/1 mines reporting
2026 Q151,47214,3183.59191/1 mines reporting
2026 Q251,84714,8043.50201/1 mines reporting
2026 Q3————No report
2026 Q4————No report

Safety and enforcement

2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13

Violations

15

0 significant & substantial (S&S)

  1. 2025 Q12
  2. 2025 Q22
  3. 2025 Q30
  4. 2025 Q47
  5. 2026 Q10
  6. 2026 Q23
  7. 2026 Q31
  8. 2026 Q4 *0

Accident records

2

0 records classified as fatality

  1. 2025 Q10
  2. 2025 Q20
  3. 2025 Q30
  4. 2025 Q41
  5. 2026 Q11
  6. 2026 Q20
  7. 2026 Q30
  8. 2026 Q4 *0

Proposed penalties · USD

2,114.00

14 of 15 violations with amounts

  1. 2025 Q1151
  2. 2025 Q2302
  3. 2025 Q3—
  4. 2025 Q41,057
  5. 2026 Q1—
  6. 2026 Q2453
  7. 2026 Q3151
  8. 2026 Q4 *—

On-site inspection hours

298.00

14 inspections · 14 with hours

  1. 2025 Q143.00
  2. 2025 Q283.50
  3. 2025 Q38.00
  4. 2025 Q441.00
  5. 2026 Q136.50
  6. 2026 Q278.25
  7. 2026 Q37.75
  8. 2026 Q4 *—

Counts are published records, including contractor records. * The quarter was incomplete at the snapshot date; recent counts may rise as reports arrive. — means no reported amount or hours. Portfolio totals use current membership.

Quarterly safety data
QuarterViolationsS&SProposed USDAccident recordsFatality recordsInspectionsOn-site hours
2025-Q120151.0000243.0
2025-Q220302.0000183.5
2025-Q300—0028.0
2025-Q4701,057.0010141.0
2026-Q100—10636.5
2026-Q230453.0000178.3
2026-Q310151.000017.8
2026-Q4 *00—000—

Most cited CFR sections

All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.

SectionViolationsS&S
30 CFR 77.1605Loading and haulage equipment; installations.30
30 CFR 77.1606Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.20
30 CFR 77.205Travelways at surface installations.20
30 CFR 77.400Mechanical equipment guards.20
30 CFR 71.201Sampling; general and technical requirements.10
30 CFR 71.400Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.10
30 CFR 77.1104Accumulations of combustible materials.10
30 CFR 77.1607Loading and haulage equipment; operation.10
30 CFR 77.208Storage of materials.10
30 CFR 77.604Protection of trailing cables.10

Safety activity

  1. inspectionF0326CB

    Spot Inspection · 7.8 on-site hours

  2. violation7496866

    77.604 · $151.00 proposed

  3. violation5083264

    77.1605(d) · $151.00 proposed

  4. violation5083263

    77.1605(d) · $151.00 proposed

  5. inspectionF0158C9

    Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 78.3 on-site hours

  6. violation5083262

    77.208(e) · $151.00 proposed

  7. inspectionF015D81

    Spot Inspection · 6.0 on-site hours

  8. inspectionF015D06

    Spot Inspection · 3.0 on-site hours

  9. inspection4124757

    Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 8.0 on-site hours

  10. inspectionF030701

    Spot Inspection · 6.0 on-site hours

  11. inspectionF008292

    Spot Inspection · 13.5 on-site hours

  12. inspection4460561

    Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 0.0 on-site hours

  13. accident220260070020

    HANDLING OF MATERIALS · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT

    Accident narrative

    Pulling anchor pin out on the highwall and the pin twisted and mashed finger against the frame of the miner requiring 7 stitches

  14. accident220260050005

    HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY

    Accident narrative

    working on discharge line for a diesel pump and hurt lower back while trying to get ice out of the discharge line

  15. violation5082705

    71.400 · $151.00 proposed

  16. violation5082704

    77.1607(b) · $151.00 proposed

  17. violation5082703

    77.205(a) · $151.00 proposed

  18. violation5082702

    77.205(b) · $151.00 proposed

  19. violation5082701

    77.400(a) · $151.00 proposed

  20. violation9779902

    77.400(a) · $151.00 proposed

  21. violation9779901

    71.201(a) · $151.00 proposed

  22. inspectionF015CF0

    Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 41.0 on-site hours

  23. inspectionF0306EC

    Spot Inspection · 6.0 on-site hours

  24. inspection4132937

    Special Emphasis Programs · 2.0 on-site hours

  25. violation9776365

    77.1104 · $151.00 proposed

Safety sources and definitions

MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-13.

Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.

Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.

S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.

Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.

Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.

CFR headings link to the current Title 30 index; they are not historical legal determinations.

EIA-923 · COAL RECEIPTS

Coal shipments and quality

Receipts reported by power plants and terminals, matched by MSHA mine ID.

Latest EIA month: 2026-07Source checked 2026-10-13 · publication lag differs from MSHA.

REPORTED RECEIPTS · SHORT TONS—0 rows · 0 receiving plants
HEAT CONTENT · BTU/LB—Weighted by reported tons
SULFUR / ASH · % BY WEIGHT— / —Separate averages over measured receipts
DELIVERED COST · USD/TON—No price coverage

No receipts matched this mine in the selected period. EIA-923 does not cover all mine sales, exports or metallurgical coal shipments.

Delivered cost includes transport and is not mine revenue. Missing prices remain blank. * Fewer than three months are published in the selected quarter. Receipts reflect the months EIA has published; an unfinished quarter is not comparable with a full quarter. Portfolio matches use current ownership.

Coverage, sources and calculations
  • Reported coal receipts at EIA-923 power plants/terminals; this is not a census of mine shipments, exports or metallurgical sales.
  • Matches use only the published MSHA ID, normalized to seven digits. Unidentified mine origins remain in the source table but are not assigned to a mine.
  • Portfolio attribution uses current MSHA ownership, not ownership at the shipment date. Receipts and production can differ because of timing, stocks and coverage.
  • Quality means are weighted by positive reported tons with that measurement. Delivered cost uses only rows with published cost, positive heat and positive tons; missing/withheld costs are never zero-filled.
  • USD/ton = (cents/MMBtu ÷ 100) × MMBtu/ton. This is plant delivered cost, not mine sales price or revenue.
  • Receipt month is as published, including records supplied by annual respondents. Recent months are preliminary and subject to revision. Missing rows do not prove zero shipments.

Imported releases start 2008-01. This window includes 12 published months. EIA releases · Survey instructions

  • 2026 · preliminary · EIA923_Schedules_2_3_4_5_M_07_2026_21SEP2026.xlsx · Page 5 Fuel Receipts and Costs
  • 2025 · final · EIA923_Schedules_2_3_4_5_M_12_2025_Final.xlsx · Page 5 Fuel Receipts and Costs

EIA ANNUAL COAL REPORT · 2024

Coal prices and estimated revenue

Annual county prices and a production-based allocation of county coal sales.

Latest priced year: 2024Source checked 2026-10-13. Prices apply only to their calendar year.

FOB PRICE BENCHMARK · USD/TON—Published county average
ESTIMATED SALES · SHORT TONS—Allocated from published county sales
ESTIMATED COAL REVENUE · USD—Covered mines only · not reported revenue
ANNUAL PRODUCTION COVERED0.0%0 of 1 producing annual mine records

The estimate assumes each eligible mine receives its county-average price and shares county sales in proportion to production. Actual sales and prices can differ substantially. Unavailable estimates are excluded; this is not a total for the whole portfolio. Annual price data uses a separate window from the MSHA charts.

Mine / countyAnnual production · tonsCounty FOB · USD/tonEst. sales · tonsEst. coal revenue · USDBasis / availability
Hances Ridge Split #11519891 · Bell, Kentucky76,857———County sales or price not published2 eligible mines / 2 sales respondents
Method, assumptions and source records
  1. This is an annual county-sales allocation, not reported mine or company revenue. Currency is nominal USD in the source year; quantities are short tons.
  2. Mine share = same-year annual mine production / eligible same-county production. Estimated sales = published county sales × share. Estimated coal revenue = estimated sales × published county average FOB price.
  3. The model assumes eligible mines share county sales in proportion to production and receive the county-average price. Matching mine counts is a check, not proof of identical respondents. Mine quality, contracts and sales timing can differ substantially. No statistical confidence interval is implied.
  4. FOB excludes transport and insurance. EIA-923 delivered costs do not enter this model. No grade premium, state/national fallback, quarterly apportionment or carry-forward to a later year is applied.
  5. Eligibility follows the source's production threshold and excludes preparation-only and refuse operations. Withheld values, inconsistent county counts and missing/ambiguous locations produce no estimate.
  6. County sales are published in thousands of tons and prices to cents. Calculations retain precision, but the inputs are rounded and the allocation is approximate.
  7. Portfolio attribution uses current MSHA ownership, not ownership during the sales year. Covered-mine sums exclude unavailable estimates and must not be read as whole-company revenue. Coverage denominators use the annual EIA mine-production release.

Sales-reporting threshold: 50,000 short tons per mine in 2024. Withheld sales or prices stay unavailable.

EIA Table 30 · county sales and FOB prices · EIA annual mine production · Release index

Annual report released November 19, 2025. Method: county-sales-allocation-v1. JSON and CSV preserve source row numbers and file checksums.

OWNERSHIP

Operator and controller history

Current ownership comes from MSHA Mines. Historical start and end dates come from MSHA Controller and Operator History.

CURRENT HIERARCHYThomas J Loving; Joseph T Bennett Jr; Andrew T Loving → 4TH GEN FUELS, LLC. → Hances Ridge Split #1
HISTORY RECORDS612 relationships
INTERVAL CHECK2 REVIEWcontroller/operator overlap
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Thomas J Loving et alcontrols4TH GEN FUELS, LLC.operatesHances Ridge Split #1

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 1519891
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Andrew T Loving et alcontrols4TH GEN FUELS, LLC.operatesHances Ridge Split #1

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 1519891
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Joseph T Bennett Jr et alcontrols4TH GEN FUELS, LLC.operatesHances Ridge Split #1

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 1519891
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James Cox et alcontrolsAlden Resources LLCoperatesHances Ridge Split #1

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 1519891
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NCGPAsset Holdings II LP et alcontrolsAlden Resources LLCoperatesHances Ridge Split #1

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 1519891
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Ferroglobe PLCcontrolsAlden Resources LLCoperatesHances Ridge Split #1

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 1519891
Other historical summaries · source-specific periods

RECORD SUMMARY

Production, safety and enforcement

These summaries use the periods stated on each card, independently of the reporting period above.

01 / SAFETYwatch

Accidents and injuries

4 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 183 lost days across the published record.

ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD4 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly
02 / COMPLIANCEwatch

Violations and penalties

60 violation rows across the full record; 6 carry an S&S flag and $16,569 appears in current assessed amounts.

ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY60 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a
03 / HEALTHwatch

Occupational health samples

151 coal dust; 17 coal quartz; 65 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.

OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE233 samples
coal-dust-samplesquartz-samplesnoise-samples
04 / PRODUCTIONcontext

Quarterly production and employment

15K employee hours and 20 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.

2026-Q252K tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly
05 / LEGALwatch

Contests, conferences and decisions

1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 9 conference records linked by issuance number.

POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE11 linked rows
conferencescontested-violationscivil-penalty-dockets-decisions
06 / CONTRACTORScontext

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.

ENTITY-LEVEL CONTEXT2 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations
07 / INSPECTIONScontext

Inspections

43 inspection events and 1K published inspection hours across the historical record.

OVERSIGHT COVERAGE41 since 2021
inspectionsviolations

HEALTH SAMPLING

Silica and quartz

Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 13, 2026. 17 silica records across the mine’s published history.

Matching records22 coal · 0 personal · 0 area
Sample status2 not voided0 voided · 0 status not reported
Mean coal quartz concentration6 µg/m³2 eligible measurements · 0 missing concentration

Coal quartz concentration

Quarterly mean · µg/m³ · not-voided samples

  1. 2026-Q1—0 measurements
  2. 2026-Q2—0 measurements
  3. 2026-Q362 measurements
  4. 2026-Q4*—0 measurements

— No eligible measurements. * Quarter in progress. Means describe the available samples, not average exposure across the mine.

Quartz % is the sample’s quartz content; µg/m³ is its reported concentration. Personal C/E is the ratio to the limit published with that sample. Personal and area concentration units and void status are not specified in those source files.

2026 · Jul 9, 2026–Jul 9, 2026
Date / sampleDataset / analyteOccupation / areaMeasurementSample statusPublished action
58546203 / lab 2026028403Coal quartzQuartzBULLDOZER OPERATORDESIGNATED WORK POSITION5 µg/m³3.7% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58546201 / lab 2026028405Coal quartzQuartzBULLDOZER OPERATORDESIGNATED WORK POSITION7 µg/m³6.5% quartzNot voidedNot reported
Sources and interpretation
  • Coal means use numeric concentrations from samples marked not voided, excluding control/invalid sample types and dates after the snapshot. Missing values remain null; reported zeroes remain zero.
  • Quarterly means describe available samples, not mine-wide or worker-average exposure. Quarters with no eligible measurements remain empty; the current quarter is partial.
  • Personal C/E is MSHA's published concentration-to-limit ratio. A value above 1 is not by itself a citation or a determination under the 2024 silica rule. Personal and area files do not publish a void-status field.
  • Area records include bulk-dust analyses and are kept separate from personal exposure results. Their concentration units are not specified in the source dictionary.
  • Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. Coal quartz percentage and concentration are separate measures. No compliance threshold is inferred for coal samples.

Coal quartz field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal personal field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal area field definitions ↗

EIA + TITLE 30

EIA production and cited regulations

EIA annual figures are reported separately from MSHA. Regulation links use the current eCFR snapshot.

EIA MINE CONTEXT2024 record
ANNUAL COAL PRODUCTION76,857short tons
LABOR HOURS
41,779
AVG EMPLOYEES
15
SUPPLY REGION
Appalachia Central
UNION
No union code published
OPERATION
Mine only
COMPANY TYPE
Independent Producer Operator

1 published EIA row aggregated under this MSHA ID. Components remain available in JSON.

TITLE 30 CROSSWALKCurrent through 2026-08-19
30 CFR 77.604Protection of trailing cables.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 77.1605Loading and haulage equipment; installations.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 77.208Storage of materials.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 71.400Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 77.1607Loading and haulage equipment; operation.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 77.205Travelways at surface installations.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 77.400Mechanical equipment guards.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 71.201Sampling; general and technical requirements.1 recent row ↗

RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS

Recent violations and samples

Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.

VIOLATIONS12 latest shown
749686677.604Citation
508326477.1605(d)Citation
508326377.1605(d)Citation
508326277.208(e)Citation
508270571.400Citation
508270477.1607(b)Citation
508270377.205(a)Citation
508270277.205(b)Citation
OTHER HEALTH SAMPLES8 latest shown

Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑

Coal dustBULLDOZER OPERATOR
0 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustHIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR
.02 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustBULLDOZER OPERATOR
.005 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustREFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE
.035 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustHIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER
.015 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustBULLDOZER OPERATOR
.139 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustHIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR
.006 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustBULLDOZER OPERATOR
.112 mg/m³Not voided

SOURCE COVERAGE

Reporting dates and coverage

17 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.

DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors4Jan 14, 2023—Jan 2, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Aug 22, 2022—Aug 22, 2022mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal58Feb 25, 2021—Jul 9, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal1Mar 11, 2025—Mar 11, 2025mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety151Jan 20, 2021—Sep 14, 2026mine-keyed
Conferencescompliance · legal9Dec 8, 2022—Apr 9, 2026mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal1Jul 8, 2024—Jul 8, 2024mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety304Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety63Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance6Oct 19, 2020—Jun 29, 2022mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance21Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance7Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance43Nov 25, 2020—Sep 23, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment65Jan 20, 2021—Jul 9, 2026mine-keyed
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety17Sep 22, 2021—Jul 9, 2026mine-keyed
Violationscompliance · safety · legal60Feb 25, 2021—Jul 9, 2026mine-keyed
107(a) Orders Issuedsafety · compliance—No published rowsabsent / not applicable

NOTES

Limitations

  • Contractor production is entity-level and is never represented as mine-attributable.
  • Missing rows can mean no event, publication delay, identity mismatch, or inapplicability.