# Red Bird Coal #3

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1502755
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knott, KY
- **Operator:** Red Bird Coal LLC
- **Controller:** Stewart H  Ashton III
- **Public source rows linked:** 833
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Stewart H  Ashton III (0097633) → Red Bird Coal LLC (0104625) → Red Bird Coal #3 (1502755)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Leah Mining Company → Leah Mining Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1974-04-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502755; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Buford  Lane → Triangle Coal Company Inc:** 1974-04-29 through 1989-10-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502755; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Carl R  Johnson et al → Dema Coal Company Inc:** 1989-10-31 through 1993-08-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502755; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Clark  Johnson → C & C Mining Inc:** 1993-08-27 through 1996-01-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502755; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **O'Dean  Holbrook → Pam The Bear Coal Company Inc:** 1996-01-17 through 1997-01-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502755; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Clark  Johnson → C & C Mining Inc:** 1997-01-02 through 1997-01-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502755; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Freddy  Hunter et al → Boogar Man Mining:** 1997-01-23 through 1997-05-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502755; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jerry Scott  Minix → A & J Fuels Inc:** 1997-05-29 through 1999-01-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502755; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jason  Little → J & L Coal Company Inc:** 1999-01-04 through 2002-01-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502755; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Clark  Johnson → C & C Mining:** 2002-01-09 through 2003-01-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502755; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eddie  Lawson → Whitey Enterprise Inc.:** 2003-01-29 through 2003-02-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502755; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Clark  Johnson → C & C Mining:** 2003-02-25 through 2005-09-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502755; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pat R  Childers → PC  Mining of East Ky. Inc.:** 2005-09-20 through 2006-10-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502755; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Phillip  Ray → A C  Mining of East Ky Inc:** 2006-10-16 through 2010-07-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502755; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eddie  Lawson → Red Bird Coal LLC:** 2010-07-29 through 2010-11-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502755; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Stewart H  Ashton III → Red Bird Coal LLC:** 2010-11-16 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1502755; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 16
- Typed edges: 44
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 281 violation rows across the full record; 149 carry an S&S flag and $35,897 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 189 samples:** Occupational health samples 163 coal dust; 25 coal quartz; 1 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 — 5K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 3K employee hours and 6 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 1 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 72 inspection events and 2K 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 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 77.1004 — Ground control; inspection and maintenance; general.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1004
- **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 75.334 — Worked-out areas and areas where pillars are being recovered.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.334
- **30 CFR 75.336 — Sampling and monitoring requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.336
- **30 CFR 75.335 — Seal strengths, design applications, and installation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.335
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2002-05-24 through 2007-09-24; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-06-02 through 2014-06-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 249 rows; 2000-02-24 through 2012-05-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 163 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2004-12-09; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2007-10-26 through 2007-10-26; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 16 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2010-07-29; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 72 rows; 2000-02-24 through 2013-09-26; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 15 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 1 rows; 2001-07-17 through 2001-07-17; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 25 rows; 2000-03-07 through 2001-11-16; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 281 rows; 2000-02-24 through 2012-06-11; 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/red-bird-coal-3-1502755`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/red-bird-coal-3-1502755`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1502755/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1502755/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1502755/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`