# #4

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1511065
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Leslie, KY
- **Operator:** Bledsoe Coal Corp
- **Controller:** James River Coal Company
- **Public source rows linked:** 6,910
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James River Coal Company (C13562) → Bledsoe Coal Corp (P23317) → #4 (1511065)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **B Ray  Thompson → Clover Coal Company Inc:** 1977-12-01 through 1979-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511065; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sunoco, Inc. → Shamrock Coal Company Inc:** 1979-11-01 through 1994-11-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511065; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Williams Companies Inc → Bituminous-Laurel Mining Inc:** 1994-11-04 through 1995-06-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511065; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Bledsoe Coal Corp:** 1995-06-20 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511065; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 12
- 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 254 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 4,181 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,339 violation rows across the full record; 700 carry an S&S flag and $790,259 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 3K samples:** Occupational health samples 2,172 coal dust; 391 coal quartz; 171 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 83 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 — 328 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 142 contested-violation rows, 152 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 34 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 6 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 326 inspection events and 14K 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 75.1711-2 — Sealing of slope or drift openings.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711-2
- **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
- **30 CFR 75.1403 — Other safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403
- **30 CFR 75.1502 — Mine emergency evacuation and firefighting program of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1502
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 254 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2008-04-29; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2008-11-18 through 2008-11-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,312 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2008-09-15; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 152 rows; 2000-10-05 through 2011-11-14; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 2,172 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2008-08-06; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 34 rows; 2000-03-28 through 2008-03-04; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 142 rows; 2005-02-15 through 2008-09-15; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 411 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 86 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1977-12-01 through 1995-06-20; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 326 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2008-11-17; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 96 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 171 rows; 2000-03-02 through 2008-04-08; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 391 rows; 2000-03-02 through 2008-04-08; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,339 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2008-09-15; 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/4-1511065`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4-1511065`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1511065/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1511065/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1511065/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`