# Gray Fork

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1504371
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Clay, KY
- **Operator:** Gray Fork Enterprises Inc
- **Controller:** Clifford W  Sams
- **Public source rows linked:** 365
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Clifford W  Sams (0068211) → Gray Fork Enterprises Inc (0081044) → Gray Fork (1504371)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James  Ward → Lewis Coal Company Inc:** 1950-01-01 through 1994-10-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1504371; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bill S  Detherage et al → Lewis Coal Sales:** 1994-10-20 through 1996-08-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1504371; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Darrell Steven  Smith → Smith Coal Processing:** 1996-08-19 through 2001-07-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1504371; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rodney  Wagers → Creekville Coal Processing LLC:** 2001-07-24 through 2004-01-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1504371; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Norado Financial LLC  et al → Caribou Coal Processing LLC:** 2004-01-27 through 2007-06-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1504371; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Clifford W  Sams → Gray Fork Enterprises Inc:** 2007-06-06 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1504371; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 18
- 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 57 violation rows across the full record; 21 carry an S&S flag and $5,253 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 51 samples:** Occupational health samples 35 coal dust; 16 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 360 employee hours and 1 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 — 2 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 — 6 since 2021:** Inspections 68 inspection events and 951 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 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.200 — Surface installations; general.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.200
- **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 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.202 — Dust accumulations in surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.202
- **30 CFR 77.516 — Electric wiring and equipment; installation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.516
- **30 CFR 77.506 — Electric equipment and circuits; overload and short-circuit protection.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.506

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-05-09 through 2023-05-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 56 rows; 2003-03-05 through 2019-12-18; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 35 rows; 2001-09-07 through 2014-07-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2018-11-06 through 2018-11-06; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 54 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2007-06-06; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 68 rows; 2000-03-15 through 2023-04-20; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 50 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 16 rows; 2001-09-07 through 2014-07-14; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 57 rows; 2003-03-05 through 2019-12-18; 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/gray-fork-1504371`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/gray-fork-1504371`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1504371/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1504371/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1504371/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`