# Farmersburg Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1202174
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Vigo, IN
- **Operator:** Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,748
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Peabody Energy Corporation (C15833) → Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC (P23854) → Farmersburg Mine (1202174)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Black Beauty Resources → Black Beauty Mining Inc:** 1995-02-01 through 1999-04-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202174; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Peabody Energy Corporation → Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC:** 1999-04-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202174; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 6
- 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 58 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,380 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 431 violation rows across the full record; 84 carry an S&S flag and $163,103 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 193 samples:** Occupational health samples 121 coal dust; 6 coal quartz; 66 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 18 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 633 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 34 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 12 contested-violation rows, 12 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 10 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 14 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 74 inspection events and 3K 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 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **30 CFR 77.1705 — First aid training program; retraining of supervisory employees; availability to all miners.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1705
- **30 CFR 71.402 — Minimum requirements for bathing facilities, change rooms, and sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.402
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 58 rows; 2000-01-29 through 2009-12-13; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2015-01-29 through 2015-01-29; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 428 rows; 2000-03-08 through 2014-09-03; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 12 rows; 2005-10-20 through 2015-01-14; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 121 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2014-11-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 10 rows; 2001-11-07 through 2018-11-14; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 12 rows; 2005-05-31 through 2014-03-17; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,893 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 450 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 1995-02-01 through 1999-04-12; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 74 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2015-01-29; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 147 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 36 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 66 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2011-02-16; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 6 rows; 2000-09-28 through 2008-03-26; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 431 rows; 2000-03-08 through 2014-09-03; 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/farmersburg-mine-1202174`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/farmersburg-mine-1202174`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1202174/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1202174/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1202174/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`