# South Augusta

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1202358
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, IN
- **Operator:** Triad Mining Inc
- **Controller:** James River Coal Company
- **Public source rows linked:** 617
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James River Coal Company (C13562) → Triad Mining Inc (P21172) → South Augusta (1202358)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Joe  Aull et al → Triad Mining Inc:** 2004-04-24 through 2005-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202358; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Timothy R  Aull et al → Triad Mining Inc:** 2004-04-24 through 2005-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202358; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Triad Mining Inc:** 2005-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202358; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- 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 4 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 66 violation rows across the full record; 16 carry an S&S flag and $10,881 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 65 samples:** Occupational health samples 44 coal dust; 1 coal quartz; 20 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 2K employee hours and 4 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 — 5 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 15 inspection events and 405 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.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 48.29 — Records of training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.29
- **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 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
- **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 77.511 — Danger signs at electrical installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.511
- **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:** 4 rows; 2005-08-19 through 2009-06-11; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2011-02-10 through 2011-02-10; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 66 rows; 2004-12-15 through 2009-12-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 44 rows; 2005-09-26 through 2010-05-11; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 229 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 65 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2004-04-24 through 2004-04-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 15 rows; 2004-12-15 through 2011-01-24; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 79 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 23 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 20 rows; 2005-09-26 through 2010-05-11; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1 rows; 2008-08-19 through 2008-08-19; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 66 rows; 2004-12-15 through 2009-12-11; 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/south-augusta-1202358`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/south-augusta-1202358`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1202358/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1202358/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1202358/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`