# #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1516208
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** A & M Coal Company Inc
- **Controller:** Anthony K  Dotson; Mark  Dotson
- **Public source rows linked:** 794
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Anthony K  Dotson; Mark  Dotson (C13416) → A & M Coal Company Inc (P24361) → #1 (1516208)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Aubra P  Dean et al → Lj'S Coal Corp:** 1987-10-01 through 1988-02-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516208; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Carl E  McAfee et al → Lj'S Coal Corp:** 1987-10-01 through 1988-02-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516208; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Anthony K  Dotson et al → A & M Coal Company Inc:** 1988-02-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516208; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mark  Dotson et al → A & M Coal Company Inc:** 1988-02-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516208; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- 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 8 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 177 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 119 violation rows across the full record; 54 carry an S&S flag and $13,254 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 384 samples:** Occupational health samples 320 coal dust; 57 coal quartz; 7 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 — 4 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 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 53 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 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.1702 — Smoking; prohibition.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1702
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **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 75.321 — Air quality.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.321
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1103-9 — Minimum requirements; fire suppression materials and location; maintenance of entries and crosscuts; access doors; communications; fire crews; high-expansion foam devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-9

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 8 rows; 2000-05-15 through 2001-12-19; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2002-06-27 through 2002-06-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 118 rows; 2000-01-26 through 2001-11-15; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 320 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2001-10-02; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2000-03-15 through 2000-03-15; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 56 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1987-10-01 through 1988-02-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 53 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2002-06-25; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 27 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 7 rows; 2000-10-05 through 2001-07-12; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 57 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2001-10-02; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 119 rows; 2000-01-26 through 2001-11-15; 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/1-1516208`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1-1516208`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1516208/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1516208/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1516208/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`