# Verda Loadout

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1511506
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** Dixie Fuel Company, LLC
- **Controller:** Joseph T  Bennett
- **Public source rows linked:** 647
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Joseph T  Bennett (C15915) → Dixie Fuel Company, LLC (P00006) → Verda Loadout (1511506)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Harvey  Napier → Bonanza Trucking Company:** 1979-11-01 through 1988-01-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511506; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Norman  Yarborough → Verda Coal Co-Op Inc:** 1988-01-15 through 1989-01-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511506; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Shelby L  Wilson et al → Verda Coal Co-Op Inc:** 1989-01-04 through 1990-10-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511506; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Benjamin R.  Bennett → Manalapan Mining Company Inc:** 1990-10-22 through 2004-10-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511506; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joseph T  Bennett  et al → Dixie Fuel Company, LLC:** 2004-10-07 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1511506; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 15
- 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 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 132 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 103 violation rows across the full record; 34 carry an S&S flag and $22,427 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 159 samples:** Occupational health samples 92 coal dust; 67 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 446 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 43 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 19 contested-violation rows, 24 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 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 51 inspection events and 827 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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 48.23 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2007-07-14 through 2013-09-09; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-08-22 through 2014-08-22; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 103 rows; 2000-02-23 through 2014-01-15; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 24 rows; 2001-01-24 through 2012-07-31; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 92 rows; 2000-02-23 through 2014-02-11; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 19 rows; 2007-09-10 through 2009-08-13; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 72 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 22 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1979-11-01 through 2004-10-07; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 51 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2013-12-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 67 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 67 rows; 2000-02-23 through 2014-02-11; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 103 rows; 2000-02-23 through 2014-01-15; 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/verda-loadout-1511506`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/verda-loadout-1511506`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1511506/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1511506/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1511506/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`