# Middlesboro Tipple

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1511055
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Bell, KY
- **Operator:** Premium Processing Co., Inc.
- **Controller:** Elmer  Kincaid Jr
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,103
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Elmer  Kincaid Jr (C15030) → Premium Processing Co., Inc. (P22710) → Middlesboro Tipple (1511055)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Florence  King → Pinnacle Coal Corp:** 1978-02-01 through 1979-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511055; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Fred  Morgenstern et al → Paramount Shipping Company Inc:** 1979-04-18 through 1980-08-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511055; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Florence  King → Pinnacle Coal Corp:** 1980-08-26 through 1984-05-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511055; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James D  Klingbell et al → Independence Coal Company:** 1984-05-16 through 1986-08-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511055; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bruce J  Schnabel et al → Independence Coal Company:** 1984-05-16 through 1986-08-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511055; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Randy  King → Southern Star Coal:** 1986-08-11 through 1987-07-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511055; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bruce  Schnabel → Southern Mills:** 1987-07-06 through 1990-05-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511055; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Florence  King → Pinnacle Coal Corp:** 1990-05-16 through 1996-02-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511055; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Elmer  Kincaid Jr → Premium Processing Co., Inc.:** 1996-02-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511055; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 23
- 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 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 15 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 32 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 287 violation rows across the full record; 105 carry an S&S flag and $42,950 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 279 samples:** Occupational health samples 160 coal dust; 3 coal quartz; 116 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 3K employee hours and 6 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 6 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 3 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 15 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 — 29 since 2021:** Inspections 137 inspection events and 4K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 16,960
- **Average employees:** 8
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 2

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 48.25 — Training of new miners; minimum courses of instruction; hours of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.25
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2002-05-31 through 2008-01-14; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1997-10-07 through 1997-10-07; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 282 rows; 2000-04-20 through 2025-12-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2010-01-15 through 2014-02-26; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 160 rows; 2000-04-20 through 2026-05-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 3 rows; 2008-02-29 through 2013-05-15; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 705 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 137 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 1978-02-01 through 1996-02-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 137 rows; 2000-04-11 through 2026-10-06; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 203 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 54 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 116 rows; 2000-04-20 through 2026-05-28; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 3 rows; 2022-05-10 through 2025-06-25; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 287 rows; 2000-04-20 through 2025-12-04; 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/middlesboro-tipple-1511055`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/middlesboro-tipple-1511055`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1511055/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1511055/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1511055/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`