# Straight Creek #1 Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1512564
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Bell, KY
- **Operator:** DDB Energy Resources, LLC
- **Controller:** Douglas  Warriner
- **Public source rows linked:** 7,882
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Douglas  Warriner (0125341) → DDB Energy Resources, LLC (0146395) → Straight Creek #1 Mine (1512564)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Duke Power Company → Eastover Mining Company:** 1980-10-01 through 1983-05-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512564; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Stanley  Finley et al → Little Creek Coal Company:** 1983-05-12 through 1988-07-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512564; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Andalex Resources B V → Andalex Resources Inc:** 1988-07-11 through 1994-07-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512564; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Benjamin R.  Bennett → Left Fork Mining Co Inc:** 1994-07-14 through 2016-07-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512564; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert E  Murray → Andalex Resources Inc:** 2006-08-09 through 1994-07-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512564; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Douglas  Warriner → DDB Energy Resources, LLC:** 2016-07-14 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512564; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 17
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 114 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,783 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 2,005 violation rows across the full record; 769 carry an S&S flag and $2,647,715 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,048 coal dust; 42 coal quartz; 104 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 25 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 2K employee hours and 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2,207 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 954 contested-violation rows, 950 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 303 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 — 12 since 2021:** Inspections 282 inspection events and 16K 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 — Sealing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 75.1400-3 — Daily examination of hoisting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1400-3
- **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 77.1710 — Protective clothing; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1710
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 77.207 — Illumination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.207
- **30 CFR 77.506 — Electric equipment and circuits; overload and short-circuit protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.506
- **30 CFR 75.372 — Mine ventilation map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.372
- **30 CFR 75.310 — Installation of main mine fans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.310
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 77.807-1 — High-voltage powerlines; clearances above ground.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-I/section-77.807-1

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 114 rows; 2000-08-21 through 2012-01-03; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-11-02 through 2023-11-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,885 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2013-06-20; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 950 rows; 2002-04-09 through 2018-02-02; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,048 rows; 2005-03-05 through 2010-12-03; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 303 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2013-08-27; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 954 rows; 2005-04-26 through 2013-06-20; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 106 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:** 6 rows; 1980-10-01 through 2016-07-14; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 282 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2023-10-12; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 21 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 31 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 104 rows; 2006-08-02 through 2010-10-19; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 42 rows; 2005-09-27 through 2010-12-02; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 2,005 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2013-06-20; 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/straight-creek-1-mine-1512564`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/straight-creek-1-mine-1512564`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1512564/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1512564/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1512564/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`