# Oaktown Fuels Mine No. 2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1202418
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knox, IN
- **Operator:** Sunrise Coal, LLC
- **Controller:** Hallador Energy Company
- **Public source rows linked:** 23,948
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Hallador Energy Company (0141083) → Sunrise Coal, LLC (0051576) → Oaktown Fuels Mine No. 2 (1202418)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Donald  Blankenberger → Black Panther Mining LLC:** 2008-11-21 through 2014-08-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202418; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Brent K  Bilsland et al → Sunrise Coal, LLC:** 2014-08-30 through 2018-05-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202418; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ronald E  Laswell et al → Sunrise Coal, LLC:** 2014-08-30 through 2012-04-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202418; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hallador Energy Company → Sunrise Coal, LLC:** 2018-05-11 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202418; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 10
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 — 109 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 226 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 5,315 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 448 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,401 violation rows across the full record; 301 carry an S&S flag and $518,177 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 18K samples:** Occupational health samples 16,812 coal dust; 836 coal quartz; 498 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 113 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 — 127 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 43 contested-violation rows, 42 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 42 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 8 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 — 424 since 2021:** Inspections 1,082 inspection events and 47K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 363,497 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 182,185
- **Average employees:** 74
- **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 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.1909 — Nonpermissible diesel-powered equipment; design and performance requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1909
- **30 CFR 75.1107-16 — Inspection of fire suppression devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-16
- **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 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1403 — Other safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403
- **30 CFR 75.1202 — Temporary notations, revisions, and supplements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1202

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 226 rows; 2011-01-04 through 2025-12-16; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-03-04 through 2024-03-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,358 rows; 2009-03-30 through 2026-06-17; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 42 rows; 2011-08-04 through 2025-06-09; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 16,812 rows; 2011-03-29 through 2026-09-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 42 rows; 2014-01-16 through 2023-08-31; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 43 rows; 2009-11-05 through 2023-08-29; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,274 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 283 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2008-11-21 through 2014-08-30; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 1,082 rows; 2009-03-23 through 2026-10-06; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 45 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 498 rows; 2011-03-29 through 2024-10-24; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 836 rows; 2013-11-06 through 2026-09-08; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,401 rows; 2009-03-30 through 2026-06-17; 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/oaktown-fuels-mine-no-2-1202418`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/oaktown-fuels-mine-no-2-1202418`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1202418/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1202418/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1202418/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`