Coal production
1,468,221reported short tons
ACTIVE / OPERATOR PORTFOLIO
Bluegrass Natural Resources, LLC
Membership and operating status are from the latest MSHA Mines snapshot. Open a mine for its ownership history.
MSHA OPERATOR ID0190634
MINE PORTFOLIO
6 of 6 mines and facilities
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13. Active records; production reporting is not required.
Material, method and type filters apply to this table. The portfolio’s status applies to the entire page. GEM fields describe their own release, not the selected MSHA year.
| Mine | Location / type | Coal · short tons | Hours worked | Violations | Accident records | On-site inspection hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAVE BRANCH PLANT1516054 · Active6/8 quarters reported | Harlan, KYFacility · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 0 | 259,541 | 30 | 0 | 445.3 |
| Cloverlick Kellioka Mine1519973 · Active6/8 quarters reported | Harlan, KYUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 186,287 | 153,835 | 36 | 0 | 798.0 |
| LONE MOUNTAIN PLANT4405898 · Active6/8 quarters reported | Lee, VAFacility · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 0 | 16,243 | 1 | 0 | 126.0 |
| ORCHARD BRANCH OWL MINE1519860 · Active6/8 quarters reported | Harlan, KYUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 384,440 | 211,972 | 64 | 5 | 1,216.3 |
| PANTHER MINE1518198 · Active6/8 quarters reported | Harlan, KYUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 736,384 | 387,889 | 128 | 6 | 2,561.0 |
| Trace Branch Splint Mine1519974 · Active6/8 quarters reported | Harlan, KYUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 161,110 | 114,288 | 46 | 4 | 886.8 |
Production and hours sum available quarterly reports. — means unavailable; zero safety records means none in the selected imported period. Ownership reflects the current MSHA record.
LOCATION
Portfolio map
6 of 6 mines with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- CAVE BRANCH PLANT36.94583, -83.00222Open map ↗
- Cloverlick Kellioka Mine36.94000, -83.99278Open map ↗
- LONE MOUNTAIN PLANT36.84167, -83.03056Open map ↗
- ORCHARD BRANCH OWL MINE36.98361, -82.93861Open map ↗
- PANTHER MINE36.94028, -82.99278Open map ↗
- Trace Branch Splint Mine36.91611, -82.98361Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-13. All 6 mines listed under this operator were checked; 6 have reports in the available quarters. Totals use current ownership.
Hours worked
1,143,768reported employee hours
Tons per hour
1.28production ÷ hours worked
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
| Quarter | Coal (short tons) | Hours worked | Tons / hour | Avg. employees | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | 191,352 | 162,704 | 1.18 | 292 | 6/6 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 197,543 | 155,081 | 1.27 | 289 | 6/6 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 231,786 | 186,134 | 1.25 | 316 | 6/6 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 256,166 | 202,230 | 1.27 | 341 | 6/6 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 287,515 | 213,018 | 1.35 | 344 | 6/6 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 303,859 | 224,601 | 1.35 | 345 | 6/6 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13
Violations
30528 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
150 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
69,048.00276 of 305 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
6,033.25135 inspections · 135 with hours
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
| Quarter | Violations | S&S | Proposed USD | Accident records | Fatality records | Inspections | On-site hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q1 | 50 | 7 | 12,629.00 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 698.3 |
| 2025-Q2 | 39 | 3 | 7,127.00 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 837.5 |
| 2025-Q3 | 29 | 0 | 4,091.00 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 764.0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 36 | 2 | 5,975.00 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 882.8 |
| 2026-Q1 | 64 | 9 | 26,234.00 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 997.8 |
| 2026-Q2 | 43 | 4 | 8,864.00 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1,039.3 |
| 2026-Q3 | 40 | 3 | 4,128.00 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 759.8 |
| 2026-Q4 * | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 54.0 |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
- PANTHER MINE · 1518198
103(i) Spot Inspections · 8.0 on-site hours
- CAVE BRANCH PLANT · 1516054
77.205(a)
- CAVE BRANCH PLANT · 1516054
77.1104
- CAVE BRANCH PLANT · 1516054
77.1606(c)
- Trace Branch Splint Mine · 1519974
75.362(d)(2)
- CAVE BRANCH PLANT · 1516054
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 0.0 on-site hours
- PANTHER MINE · 1518198
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 15.0 on-site hours
- ORCHARD BRANCH OWL MINE · 1519860
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 23.0 on-site hours
- Cloverlick Kellioka Mine · 1519973
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 0.0 on-site hours
- Trace Branch Splint Mine · 1519974
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 8.0 on-site hours
- Trace Branch Splint Mine · 1519974
75.1505(a)
- PANTHER MINE · 1518198
103(i) Spot Inspections · 6.0 on-site hours
- Trace Branch Splint Mine · 1519974
75.1403
- ORCHARD BRANCH OWL MINE · 1519860
Spot Inspection · 5.8 on-site hours
- Trace Branch Splint Mine · 1519974
POWERED HAULAGE · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
EE was located in an intersection when EE was struck by a battery-powered scoop. Following the incident, EE was immediately transported to the surface. EE sustained a posterior dislocation of the left hip with a fracture of the femur ball socket.
- Trace Branch Splint Mine · 1519974
Non-Fatal Accident Investigation · 22.3 on-site hours
- Trace Branch Splint Mine · 1519974
75.1403
- Trace Branch Splint Mine · 1519974
75.400 · S&S
- Trace Branch Splint Mine · 1519974
Description not reported
- Trace Branch Splint Mine · 1519974
75.1107-4(a)(2)(ii)
- Trace Branch Splint Mine · 1519974
75.503
- Trace Branch Splint Mine · 1519974
75.512
- Trace Branch Splint Mine · 1519974
75.517 · S&S
- Trace Branch Splint Mine · 1519974
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
The employee was removing a chain from the continuous miner trailing cable when the cable coupler (cathead) slid from the top of the power center, inadvertently striking the employee in the face. After being struck by the cable coupler, the employee received two broken teeth and chipped another. * Note: The two teeth that were broken were already implanted. (False teeth) *
- Trace Branch Splint Mine · 1519974
Spot Inspection · 10.8 on-site hours
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.
No receipts matched this operator 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.
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. 2 current coal members have no matching annual record; their coverage is unknown. Annual price data uses a separate window from the MSHA charts.
| Mine / county | Annual production · tons | County FOB · USD/ton | Est. sales · tons | Est. coal revenue · USD | Basis / availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panther Mine1518198 · Harlan, Kentucky | 503,360 | 91.75 | 505,104 | 46,343,325 | County allocation estimate22.17% of eligible county production13 eligible mines / 13 sales respondents |
| Orchard Branch Owl Mine1519860 · Harlan, Kentucky | 232,575 | 91.75 | 233,381 | 21,412,704 | County allocation estimate10.24% of eligible county production13 eligible mines / 13 sales respondents |
| Cave Branch Plant1516054 · Harlan, Kentucky | 0 | 91.75 | — | — | Preparation plant13 eligible mines / 13 sales respondents |
| Cloverlick Kellioka Mine1519973 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Trace Branch Splint Mine1519974 · Location unavailable | — | — | — | — | No matching annual production record |
| Lone Mountain Plant4405898 · Lee, Virginia | 0 | — | — | — | Preparation plant |
Method, assumptions and source records
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO
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