# Mi Vida Portals

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0504975
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Las Animas, CO
- **Operator:** New Elk Coal Company LLC
- **Controller:** Allegiance Coal LTD
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,655
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Allegiance Coal LTD (0159821) → New Elk Coal Company LLC (0071504) → Mi Vida Portals (0504975)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **David A  Schaaf  et al → TK Mining Services LLC:** 2011-05-17 through 2012-02-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 0504975; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Keith  Buhrdorf et al → TK Mining Services LLC:** 2011-05-17 through 2012-02-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 0504975; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wayne  Coverdale et al → New Elk Coal Company LLC:** 2012-02-16 through 2009-06-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 0504975; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John  McCulloch et al → New Elk Coal Company LLC:** 2012-02-16 through 2009-06-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 0504975; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cline Mining Corporation et al → New Elk Coal Company LLC:** 2012-02-16 through 2020-10-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 0504975; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Allegiance Coal LTD → New Elk Coal Company LLC:** 2020-10-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0504975; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 12
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 — 27 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 29 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 702 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 581 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 656 violation rows across the full record; 150 carry an S&S flag and $1,244,099 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 957 samples:** Occupational health samples 870 coal dust; 46 coal quartz; 41 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.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 3K employee hours and 6 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 59 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 20 contested-violation rows, 21 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 18 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 — 43 since 2021:** Inspections 79 inspection events and 5K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **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 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **30 CFR 75.1713-7 — First-aid equipment; location; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1713-7
- **30 CFR 50.20-7 — Criteria—MSHA Form 7000-1, Section D.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20-7
- **30 CFR 70.209 — Quarterly sampling; designated areas.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-70/subpart-C/section-70.209
- **30 CFR 75.1914 — Maintenance of diesel-powered equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1914
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 75.1107-16 — Inspection of fire suppression devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-16
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 29 rows; 2011-10-15 through 2023-04-27; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-06-21 through 2023-06-21; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 642 rows; 2011-08-24 through 2023-10-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 21 rows; 2012-06-11 through 2023-01-17; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 870 rows; 2011-08-30 through 2023-05-05; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 18 rows; 2021-12-29 through 2023-09-28; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 20 rows; 2011-08-24 through 2021-10-27; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 103 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 31 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2011-05-17 through 2012-02-16; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 79 rows; 2011-08-23 through 2026-03-23; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 74 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 41 rows; 2021-09-10 through 2023-01-25; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 46 rows; 2011-12-05 through 2023-05-03; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 656 rows; 2011-08-24 through 2023-10-04; 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/mi-vida-portals-0504975`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mi-vida-portals-0504975`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0504975/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0504975/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0504975/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`