# Gibson South

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1202388
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Gibson, IN
- **Operator:** Gibson County Coal, LLC
- **Controller:** Alliance Resource Partners LP
- **Public source rows linked:** 36,919
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alliance Resource Partners LP (C15455) → Gibson County Coal, LLC (P23809) → Gibson South (1202388)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Alliance Resource Partners LP → Gibson County Coal, LLC:** 2006-08-21 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202388; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 1
- Typed edges: 3
- 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 — 127 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 273 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 6,542 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 438 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,509 violation rows across the full record; 406 carry an S&S flag and $1,033,734 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 28K samples:** Occupational health samples 25,866 coal dust; 1,430 coal quartz; 754 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 195 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 — 1.3M tons:** Quarterly production and employment 223K employee hours and 365 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 738 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 343 contested-violation rows, 343 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 52 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 19 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 — 478 since 2021:** Inspections 1,095 inspection events and 57K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 5,698,564 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 925,783
- **Average employees:** 360
- **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 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722
- **30 CFR 70.100 — Respirable dust standards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-70/subpart-B/section-70.100
- **30 CFR 75.1914 — Maintenance of diesel-powered equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1914
- **30 CFR 75.523-3 — Automatic emergency-parking brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-3
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 273 rows; 2012-01-12 through 2026-09-28; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2020-06-15 through 2020-06-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,450 rows; 2011-06-08 through 2026-08-28; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 343 rows; 2013-02-06 through 2026-08-11; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 25,866 rows; 2011-09-28 through 2028-10-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 52 rows; 2013-04-17 through 2026-05-18; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 343 rows; 2011-06-09 through 2026-05-20; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,883 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 622 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 2006-08-21 through 2006-08-21; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 1,095 rows; 2009-01-08 through 2026-10-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 240 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 56 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 754 rows; 2011-09-28 through 2026-08-25; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1,430 rows; 2014-05-20 through 2026-09-16; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,509 rows; 2011-06-08 through 2026-10-07; 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/gibson-south-1202388`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/gibson-south-1202388`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1202388/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1202388/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1202388/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`