# Patoka River

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1202165
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, IN
- **Operator:** Triad Mining, LLC
- **Controller:** Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,266
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Sev.en Global Investments a.s. (0158381) → Triad Mining, LLC (0135214) → Patoka River (1202165)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Timothy R  Aull et al → Triad Mining Inc:** 1994-07-01 through 2005-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202165; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joe  Aull et al → Triad Mining Inc:** 1994-07-01 through 2005-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202165; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Triad Mining Inc:** 2005-06-01 through 2014-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202165; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Triad Mining, LLC:** 2014-09-01 through 2020-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202165; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Triad Mining, LLC:** 2020-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202165; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 11
- 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 186 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 217 violation rows across the full record; 52 carry an S&S flag and $34,499 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 119 samples:** Occupational health samples 71 coal dust; 5 coal quartz; 43 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 14 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 — 191K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 29K employee hours and 50 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 66 inspection events and 1K 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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **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 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 18 rows; 2000-05-11 through 2011-01-03; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2019-03-20 through 2019-03-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 217 rows; 2000-03-08 through 2010-12-28; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 71 rows; 2000-05-17 through 2017-10-03; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,260 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 293 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1994-07-01 through 2014-09-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 66 rows; 2000-03-08 through 2019-03-20; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 36 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 33 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 43 rows; 2000-05-17 through 2010-12-28; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 5 rows; 2001-09-04 through 2006-11-27; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 217 rows; 2000-03-08 through 2010-12-28; 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/patoka-river-1202165`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/patoka-river-1202165`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1202165/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1202165/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1202165/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`