# MTR Surface Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1511005
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Martin, KY
- **Operator:** Martin County Coal Corp
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 4,416
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc (0127923) → Martin County Coal Corp (P00908) → MTR Surface Mine (1511005)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Massey Energy Company → Martin County Coal Corp:** 1977-12-01 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511005; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Martin County Coal Corp:** 2011-06-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511005; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Martin County Coal Corp:** 2016-07-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511005; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- 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 35 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 2,871 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 382 violation rows across the full record; 186 carry an S&S flag and $101,067 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 580 samples:** Occupational health samples 382 coal dust; 28 coal quartz; 170 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 54 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 — 61 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 26 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 30 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 23 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 99 inspection events and 4K 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 77.1301 — Explosives; magazines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-N/section-77.1301
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 71.403 — Waiver of surface facilities requirements; posting of waiver.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.403
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 48.31 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 77.1707 — First aid equipment; location; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1707
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 35 rows; 2000-03-21 through 2008-08-28; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-03-20 through 2013-03-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 373 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2010-05-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 26 rows; 2000-09-21 through 2012-03-07; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 382 rows; 2000-02-07 through 2010-02-02; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 30 rows; 2000-02-25 through 2007-10-23; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2009-09-30 through 2009-11-16; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,299 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 433 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1977-12-01 through 1977-12-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 99 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2013-01-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 135 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 170 rows; 2000-04-24 through 2009-11-03; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 28 rows; 2000-05-03 through 2009-11-17; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 382 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2010-05-05; 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/mtr-surface-mine-1511005`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mtr-surface-mine-1511005`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1511005/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1511005/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1511005/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`