# Island Fork Constr. LTD Mine #2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1514455
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Christian, KY
- **Operator:** Island Fork Construction LTD
- **Controller:** Amon L  Mahon
- **Public source rows linked:** 189
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Amon L  Mahon (C14102) → Island Fork Construction LTD (P23008) → Island Fork Constr. LTD Mine #2 (1514455)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Donald E  Bowles → Charolais Corp:** 1984-02-01 through 1989-05-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1514455; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **First Mississippi Corp → Pyramid Mining Inc:** 1989-05-15 through 1993-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1514455; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bill  Carver → Progressive Mining Inc:** 1993-11-01 through 1997-03-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1514455; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Centennial Coal Inc → Centennial Resources Inc:** 1997-03-16 through 2000-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1514455; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary Wayne  Johnson → Black Hills Coal Inc:** 2000-07-01 through 2001-11-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1514455; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Amon L  Mahon → Island Fork Construction LTD:** 2001-11-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1514455; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 18
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 8 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 30 violation rows across the full record; 9 carry an S&S flag and $2,242 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 54 samples:** Occupational health samples 45 coal dust; 3 coal quartz; 6 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 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 18 inspection events and 564 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.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.26
- **30 CFR 72.620 — Drill dust control at surface mines and surface areas of underground mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.620
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **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
- **30 CFR 77.1302 — Vehicles used to transport explosives.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-N/section-77.1302
- **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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2002-03-14 through 2002-03-14; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2004-07-30 through 2004-07-30; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 30 rows; 2000-05-08 through 2003-02-18; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 45 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2002-05-23; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2001-10-24 through 2001-10-24; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 20 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1984-02-01 through 2001-11-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 18 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2003-04-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 19 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 3 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 6 rows; 2000-03-01 through 2001-04-05; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 3 rows; 2001-01-29 through 2001-06-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 30 rows; 2000-05-08 through 2003-02-18; 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/island-fork-constr-ltd-mine-2-1514455`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/island-fork-constr-ltd-mine-2-1514455`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1514455/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1514455/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1514455/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`