# No 30 Auger

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1516116
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Lawrence, KY
- **Operator:** K-Jac Energy Inc
- **Controller:** Barry  Runyon; Brian A  Runyon
- **Public source rows linked:** 162
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Barry  Runyon; Brian A  Runyon (C02840) → K-Jac Energy Inc (P16677) → No 30 Auger (1516116)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Richard L  Cooper → Richardson Fuel Inc:** 1987-07-01 through 1991-11-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516116; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Buel  Pennington → Jake Coal Inc:** 1991-11-12 through 1993-05-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516116; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Meral  Williams et al → B & C Mining Inc:** 1993-05-06 through 1994-01-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516116; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Brian A  Runyon et al → K-Jac Energy Inc:** 1994-01-27 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516116; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Barry  Runyon et al → K-Jac Energy Inc:** 1994-01-27 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516116; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 13
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+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 — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 15 violation rows across the full record; 5 carry an S&S flag and $1,050 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 67 samples:** Occupational health samples 41 coal dust; 26 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 — 14K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 2K employee hours and 5 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 — 0 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 35 inspection events and 437 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 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 77.404 — 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 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 71.403 — Waiver of surface facilities requirements; posting of waiver.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.403

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2008-04-22 through 2008-04-22; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2011-04-07 through 2011-04-07; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 15 rows; 2000-12-14 through 2007-09-06; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 41 rows; 2000-09-11 through 2009-08-18; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1987-07-01 through 1994-01-27; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 35 rows; 2000-08-14 through 2010-01-29; 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:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 26 rows; 2000-09-11 through 2009-08-18; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 15 rows; 2000-12-14 through 2007-09-06; 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/no-30-auger-1516116`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-30-auger-1516116`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1516116/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1516116/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1516116/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`