# St. Helens Tipple

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1515983
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Lee, KY
- **Operator:** Sturgeon Mining Co., Inc
- **Controller:** Robert L  Rosencrans
- **Public source rows linked:** 846
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Robert L  Rosencrans (C01822) → Sturgeon Mining Co., Inc (P13396) → St. Helens Tipple (1515983)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Robert L  Rosencrans et al → Sturgeon Mining Co., Inc.:** 1987-04-01 through 2012-02-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515983; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James Michael  Morris Jr → Jackson Processing Inc:** 2012-02-28 through 2016-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515983; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert L  Rosencrans et al → Sturgeon Mining Co., Inc:** 2016-11-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1515983; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 8
- 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 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 27 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 153 violation rows across the full record; 67 carry an S&S flag and $28,302 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 120 samples:** Occupational health samples 72 coal dust; 48 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 9 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 4 contested-violation rows, 4 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 7 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 — 18 since 2021:** Inspections 66 inspection events and 1K 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 77.200 — Surface installations; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.200
- **30 CFR 72.100 — Periodic examinations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-B/section-72.100
- **30 CFR 77.516 — Electric wiring and equipment; installation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.516
- **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 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 47.41 — Requirement for container labels.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.41
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2004-02-06 through 2004-02-06; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-04-23 through 2025-04-23; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 153 rows; 2002-09-23 through 2026-07-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 4 rows; 2005-04-15 through 2010-01-28; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 72 rows; 2002-10-22 through 2026-07-22; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2022-07-12 through 2022-07-12; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 4 rows; 2004-08-30 through 2008-10-07; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 231 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 38 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1987-04-01 through 2016-11-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 66 rows; 2000-03-21 through 2026-07-21; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 56 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 48 rows; 2002-10-22 through 2026-07-22; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 153 rows; 2002-09-23 through 2026-07-07; 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/st-helens-tipple-1515983`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/st-helens-tipple-1515983`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1515983/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1515983/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1515983/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`