# New Taggart Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1503746
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Letcher, KY
- **Operator:** Cumberland River Coal Co
- **Controller:** Jeffery A  Hoops
- **Public source rows linked:** 183
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jeffery A  Hoops (C15863) → Cumberland River Coal Co (P21182) → New Taggart Mine (1503746)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Blue Diamond Coal Company → Blue Diamond Coal Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1990-10-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1503746; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ashland Inc et al → Cumberland River Coal Co:** 1990-10-08 through 2005-12-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1503746; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → Cumberland River Coal Co:** 2005-12-12 through 2017-09-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1503746; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Cumberland River Coal Co:** 2017-09-14 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1503746; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 10
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 38 violation rows across the full record; 18 carry an S&S flag and $10,764 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1 samples:** Occupational health samples 1 coal dust. 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 4 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 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 9 inspection events and 290 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 75.514 — Electrical connections or splices; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.514
- **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 75.1722 — 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 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
- **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 75.516-2 — Communication wires and cables; installation; insulation; support.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.516-2
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **30 CFR 75.601-1 — Short circuit protection; ratings and settings of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.601-1
- **30 CFR 77.506-1 — Electric equipment and circuits; overload and short circuit protection; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.506-1
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **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 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2005-03-28 through 2005-03-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 37 rows; 2004-05-04 through 2004-11-22; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1 rows; 2004-11-24 through 2004-11-24; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2004-08-26 through 2004-08-26; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 68 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1950-01-01 through 1990-10-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 9 rows; 2004-03-30 through 2005-01-03; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Violations:** 38 rows; 2004-05-04 through 2004-11-22; 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/new-taggart-mine-1503746`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/new-taggart-mine-1503746`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1503746/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1503746/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1503746/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`