# KOK #2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1512482
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** Kelly Branch Resources, Inc.
- **Controller:** Tom  Roberts
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,357
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Tom  Roberts (C16022) → Kelly Branch Resources, Inc. (0050090) → KOK #2 (1512482)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Tex  Eldridge et al → Eldridge Coal Company Inc:** 1980-08-01 through 1985-05-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512482; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Tony Carlis  Mahon → T & T Mining Company:** 1985-05-28 through 1989-03-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512482; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Nicholas  Saylor et al → New Harlan Block Coal Company Inc:** 1989-03-14 through 1989-11-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512482; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cumberland Resources Corporation → Benito Mining Corp:** 1989-11-17 through 1996-08-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512482; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Clayton V  Roberts → Blue Gate Energy Inc:** 1996-08-15 through 1996-10-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512482; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Steve  Moore → Blue Gate Energy Inc:** 1996-10-25 through 2001-02-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512482; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Tom  Roberts et al → Northpoint Resources Llc:** 2001-02-20 through 2002-12-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512482; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Stacy  Roberts → CNS MINING, INC.:** 2002-12-10 through 2003-12-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512482; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Tom  Roberts et al → Kelly Branch Resources, Inc.:** 2003-12-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512482; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 27
- 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 6 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 737 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 774 violation rows across the full record; 426 carry an S&S flag and $233,602 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 300 samples:** Occupational health samples 252 coal dust; 33 coal quartz; 15 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 — 20K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 6K employee hours and 18 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 253 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 153 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 100 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 74 inspection events and 2K 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 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.1202 — Temporary notations, revisions, and supplements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1202
- **30 CFR 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.810 — High-voltage trailing cables; splices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-I/section-75.810
- **30 CFR 75.601 — Short circuit protection of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.601

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 6 rows; 2000-01-27 through 2003-12-30; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2004-05-24 through 2004-05-24; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 741 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2004-04-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 153 rows; 2000-07-21 through 2001-07-20; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 252 rows; 2000-01-26 through 2003-12-02; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 100 rows; 2000-02-29 through 2004-05-06; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 153 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 29 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 1980-08-01 through 2003-12-12; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 74 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2004-04-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 15 rows; 2000-02-09 through 2001-12-19; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 33 rows; 2000-02-09 through 2003-12-02; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 774 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2004-04-14; 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/kok-2-1512482`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/kok-2-1512482`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1512482/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1512482/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1512482/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`