# Gray Tipple

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1512628
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knox, KY
- **Operator:** H Tims Coal Processing, Inc
- **Controller:** Tony R  Smith
- **Public source rows linked:** 238
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Tony R  Smith (0133581) → H Tims Coal Processing, Inc (0151213) → Gray Tipple (1512628)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Lane L Robert Et Al → Cobra Resources Inc:** 1980-11-01 through 1985-10-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512628; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Nilson M Darrell & Joseph Newey → Cumberland Processing Corp:** 1985-10-21 through 1991-03-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512628; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rag Aktiengesellschaft → Cobra Coal Company:** 1991-03-11 through 1994-11-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512628; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Watkins Andrew J → Cobra Coal Company:** 1994-11-16 through 1996-03-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512628; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Curtis  Hopkins → Cobra Coal Company Inc:** 1996-03-13 through 2007-08-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512628; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William W  Pierce → Safeco Incorporated:** 2007-08-28 through 2009-10-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512628; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Myron G.  McCoy → Engle Hollow Mining LLC:** 2009-10-27 through 2010-08-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512628; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **North American Gem, Inc. → North American Gem US, Inc:** 2010-08-03 through 2017-05-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512628; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Tony R  Smith → H Tims Coal Processing, Inc:** 2017-05-11 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1512628; 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 46 violation rows across the full record; 9 carry an S&S flag and $4,701 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 25 samples:** Occupational health samples 15 coal dust; 10 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 520 employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 60 inspection events and 584 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 48.26 — Experienced miner training.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.26
- **30 CFR 77.516 — Electric wiring and equipment; installation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.516
- **30 CFR 48.29 — Records of training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.29
- **30 CFR 77.1701 — Emergency communications; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1701
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.809 — Identification of circuit breakers and disconnecting switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-I/section-77.809
- **30 CFR 77.505 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.505
- **30 CFR 77.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.904

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2020-10-27 through 2020-10-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 23 rows; 2000-05-09 through 2012-02-06; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 15 rows; 2000-05-12 through 2012-02-03; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 1980-11-01 through 2017-05-11; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 60 rows; 2000-05-09 through 2020-10-19; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 52 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 15 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 10 rows; 2000-05-12 through 2012-02-03; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 46 rows; 2000-05-09 through 2012-02-06; 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/gray-tipple-1512628`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/gray-tipple-1512628`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1512628/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1512628/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1512628/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`