# Royal Falcon Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1103162
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Jackson, IL
- **Operator:** Knight Hawk Coal, LLC
- **Controller:** CBR Investments, LLC; CBR Investments II, LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 925
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**CBR Investments, LLC; CBR Investments II, LLC (0165661) → Knight Hawk Coal, LLC (P23970) → Royal Falcon Mine (1103162)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James O  Bunn  et al → Knight Hawk Coal, LLC:** 2006-04-05 through 2012-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1103162; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Franklin D  Robertson  et al → Knight Hawk Coal, LLC:** 2006-04-05 through 2012-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1103162; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James O.  Bunn et al → Knight Hawk Coal, LLC:** 2012-06-01 through 2021-01-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1103162; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Franklin D.  Robertson et al → Knight Hawk Coal, LLC:** 2012-06-01 through 2021-01-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1103162; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Coal Inc. et al → Knight Hawk Coal, LLC:** 2012-06-01 through 2021-01-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1103162; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Coal Inc et al → Knight Hawk Coal, LLC:** 2021-01-04 through 2021-11-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1103162; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **CBR Investments LLC et al → Knight Hawk Coal, LLC:** 2021-01-04 through 2021-11-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1103162; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **CBR Investments, LLC et al → Knight Hawk Coal, LLC:** 2021-11-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1103162; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **CBR Investments II, LLC et al → Knight Hawk Coal, LLC:** 2021-11-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1103162; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 14
- Interval anomalies: 0
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 18 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 514 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 71 violation rows across the full record; 22 carry an S&S flag and $20,364 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 195 samples:** Occupational health samples 160 coal dust; 14 coal quartz; 21 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 4 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 33 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 11 contested-violation rows, 11 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 11 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 6 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 — 6 since 2021:** Inspections 58 inspection events and 2K 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 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 75.1909 — Nonpermissible diesel-powered equipment; design and performance requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1909
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 75.518 — Electric equipment and circuits; overload and short circuit protection.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.518

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 18 rows; 2008-06-07 through 2009-10-05; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-08-24 through 2023-08-24; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 65 rows; 2007-04-05 through 2009-11-12; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 11 rows; 2010-02-19 through 2012-08-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 160 rows; 2008-02-18 through 2022-07-05; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 11 rows; 2007-04-26 through 2019-04-10; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 11 rows; 2008-06-24 through 2009-09-09; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 374 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 91 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 2006-04-05 through 2006-04-05; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 58 rows; 2007-04-05 through 2023-03-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 21 rows; 2008-09-24 through 2021-10-12; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 14 rows; 2008-02-27 through 2022-07-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 71 rows; 2007-04-05 through 2009-11-12; 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/royal-falcon-mine-1103162`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/royal-falcon-mine-1103162`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1103162/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1103162/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1103162/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`