# HZ4-1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1502085
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Perry, KY
- **Operator:** Perry County Coal Corporation
- **Controller:** American Resources Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 7,891
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**American Resources Corporation (0150901) → Perry County Coal Corporation (P24542) → HZ4-1 (1502085)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Elmer  Whitaker → E A S Coal Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1983-02-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502085; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sunoco, Inc. → Whitaker Coal Corp:** 1983-03-01 through 1996-09-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502085; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Edward L Clemons Estate et al → Perry County Coal Corp:** 1996-09-04 through 2000-11-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502085; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rex  Fought → Aero Energy Inc:** 2000-11-15 through 2001-09-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502085; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **TECO Energy Inc → Perry County Coal Corporation:** 2001-09-24 through 2015-09-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502085; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cambrian Coal Corp → Perry County Coal Corporation:** 2015-09-21 through 2019-06-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502085; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Mark  Campbell → Perry County Coal Corporation:** 2019-06-16 through 2019-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502085; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **American Resources Corporation → Perry County Coal Corporation:** 2019-10-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502085; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 21
- 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 159 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 3,363 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 2,086 violation rows across the full record; 614 carry an S&S flag and $357,336 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 3K samples:** Occupational health samples 2,164 coal dust; 311 coal quartz; 133 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 29 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 232 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 15 contested-violation rows, 29 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 188 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 247 inspection events and 15K 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 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **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 75.1702 — Smoking; prohibition.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1702
- **30 CFR 77.207 — Illumination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.207
- **30 CFR 75.1502 — Mine emergency evacuation and firefighting program of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1502
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **30 CFR 75.1714 — Availability of approved self-rescue devices; instruction in use and location.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714
- **30 CFR 75.515 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.515
- **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 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **30 CFR 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 159 rows; 2000-01-22 through 2006-08-31; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2007-01-19 through 2007-01-19; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 2,050 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2006-12-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 29 rows; 2004-04-26 through 2007-08-16; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 2,164 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2006-07-12; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 188 rows; 2000-04-25 through 2006-10-12; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 15 rows; 2003-06-24 through 2006-04-11; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 314 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 94 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2001-09-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 247 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2007-01-11; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 75 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 133 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2006-04-17; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 311 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2006-07-12; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 2,086 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2006-12-07; 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/hz4-1-1502085`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/hz4-1-1502085`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1502085/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1502085/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1502085/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`