# ByShovel — US public-records corpus for LLM training

> [ByShovel](https://byshovel.com) runs autonomous pipelines that turn scattered US public records into clean, de-duped, normalized datasets. The corpus is licensable for LLM training and other commercial use, priced per use case.

## The corpus

- Mining Incidents (MSHA): ~500,000 mining-accident records, fatal and non-fatal, 1983–present. Fields: mine_id, operator_name, accident_dt, degree_injury, classification, occupation, narrative, coal_metal_ind. Source: US Dept. of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration. Live search: [miningincidents.org](https://miningincidents.org)
- Safety Incidents (OSHA): every severe workplace injury reported to OSHA under the 2015 severe-injury rule (29 CFR 1904.39 — amputations, in-patient hospitalizations, loss of an eye), 2015–present, plus OSHA inspection and violation records via the DOL Open Data API v4. Fields: employer, event_date, state, primary_naics, hospitalized, amputation, part_of_body_title, final_narrative. Source: US Dept. of Labor, OSHA. Live search: [safetyincidents.org](https://safetyincidents.org)
- Precious Metals (The Vault Report): COMEX/LME tick data for gold, silver, platinum, palladium (2023–present, second-by-second) plus COT positioning and warehouse flows. Fields: symbol, ts, bid, ask, venue. Sources: CME Group, London Metal Exchange. Live: [thevaultreport.com](https://thevaultreport.com)

Formats: CSV + Parquet. Every row preserves its original source ID, so any record traces back to the agency feed.

## Licensing

- The corpus is licensable for commercial LLM training and other use, snapshot or ongoing feed.
- Pricing is per use case and scope: training rights, redistribution, exclusivity, and refresh cadence all move the number. There is no fixed self-serve price.
- To inquire: email hello@byshovel.com with who you are, the intended use, and the slice you need.

## Per-call data for agents (x402)

Need rows now, not a license? Each product sells query results per call over the x402 protocol (USDC on Base, cents per page), with free count/schema endpoints: [thevaultreport.com/api/x402](https://thevaultreport.com/api/x402), [miningincidents.org/api/x402](https://miningincidents.org/api/x402), [safetyincidents.org/api/x402](https://safetyincidents.org/api/x402).

## Humans

Not an LLM? [Book a consult (pay what you want)](https://byshovel.com/contact#consult).

## Links

- [Licensing](https://byshovel.com/licensing)
- [Research](https://byshovel.com/research)
- [Studio](https://byshovel.com/)
- [Contact](mailto:hello@byshovel.com)