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Prep Plant, Harlan County, Kentucky: 5 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Prep Plant is a nonproducing coal (bituminous) surface mine in Harlan County, Kentucky, operated by Montana Bakken, LLC with 0 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1504331). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 5 citations and orders there with $479 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1504331
- Status
- NonProducing since April 1, 2019
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Harlan County, Kentucky
- Nearest town
- Pathfork
- Operator
- Montana Bakken, LLC
- Employees
- 0
- MSHA field office
- Barbourville KY Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 5
- Significant and substantial
- 0 (0.0%)
- Closure orders
- 2
- High negligence or reckless
- 1
- Proposed penalties
- $479
- Amount paid so far
- $0
- Inspections
- 24
- Inspector hours on site
- 104
- Citations per inspection
- 0.21 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- August 4, 2026
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | $328 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | $151 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Prep Plant
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 77.216-1 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 77.216 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
Other open mines in Harlan County, Kentucky
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyree Mine | Bluegrass Natural Resources, LLC | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 3 | 418 |
| Magnum #2 | 101 Coal, Inc. | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 398 |
| Panther Mine | Bluegrass Natural Resources, LLC | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 111 | 378 |
| Putney Darby Mine #1 | 101 Coal, Inc. | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 262 |
| Orchard Branch Owl Mine | Bluegrass Natural Resources, LLC | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 5 | 199 |
| Coalgood Darby 1 | 101 Coal, Inc. | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 5 | 156 |
| Smith #2 | 101 Coal, Inc. | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 15 | 120 |
| Orchard Branch F Mine | Bluegrass Natural Resources, LLC | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 5 | 105 |
| Cranks Creek | Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 36 | 94 |
| Kelly Branch | Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 34 | 94 |
| Moore Processing | 101 Coal, Inc. | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 79 |
| Cawood #1 | Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 32 | 74 |
| Totz Prep Plant | 4TH Gen Fuels | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 15 | 74 |
| Catron Mountain | Black Mountain Energy, LLC | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 65 |
| Old House Mining #1 | Old House Mining. LLC | Harlan County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 15 | 64 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.