# Freelandville East

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1202339
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knox, IN
- **Operator:** Sunrise Coal, LLC
- **Controller:** Hallador Energy Company
- **Public source rows linked:** 542
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Hallador Energy Company (0141083) → Sunrise Coal, LLC (0051576) → Freelandville East (1202339)**

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:** 2003-01-22 through 2005-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202339; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joe  Aull et al → Triad Mining Inc:** 2003-01-22 through 2005-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202339; 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 1202339; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Triad Mining LLC:** 2014-09-01 through 2020-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202339; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Triad Mining LLC:** 2020-06-01 through 2022-06-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202339; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Brent K  Bilsland et al → Sunrise Coal, LLC:** 2022-06-02 through 2018-05-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202339; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hallador Energy Company → Sunrise Coal, LLC:** 2022-06-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202339; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ronald E  Laswell et al → Sunrise Coal, LLC:** 2022-06-02 through 2012-04-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202339; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 18
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 1 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 76 violation rows across the full record; 11 carry an S&S flag and $21,663 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 230 samples:** Occupational health samples 148 coal dust; 12 coal quartz; 70 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 13 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 — 4 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 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 — 17 since 2021:** Inspections 61 inspection events and 1K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 84,464 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 28,103
- **Average employees:** 14
- **Coal supply region:** Illinois Basin
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 71.404 — Application for waiver of surface facilities requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.404
- **30 CFR 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **30 CFR 77.1303 — Explosives, handling and use.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-N/section-77.1303
- **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 77.1302 — Vehicles used to transport explosives.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-N/section-77.1302
- **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 77.1110 — 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 62.130 — Permissible exposure level.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.130

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2024-04-05 through 2024-04-05; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-10-06 through 2026-10-06; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 76 rows; 2004-09-02 through 2022-08-30; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2012-10-15 through 2012-10-15; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 148 rows; 2005-09-01 through 2025-02-04; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2008-03-10 through 2008-03-10; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2012-04-10 through 2012-04-10; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 34 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 2003-01-22 through 2022-06-02; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 61 rows; 2004-01-26 through 2026-06-10; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 38 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 70 rows; 2008-03-10 through 2025-02-04; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 12 rows; 2010-01-27 through 2024-04-23; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 76 rows; 2004-09-02 through 2022-08-30; 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/freelandville-east-1202339`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/freelandville-east-1202339`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1202339/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1202339/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1202339/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`