# NO. 405

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1516583
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** LANDMARK MINING COMPANY, INC.
- **Controller:** Kevin  Ratliff
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,333
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Kevin  Ratliff (0148921) → LANDMARK MINING COMPANY, INC. (P08667) → NO. 405 (1516583)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Thompson Benny → T & T Kentucky Coal Company Inc:** 1989-03-01 through 2001-10-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516583; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joey  Taylor → Grace Mining, Inc.:** 2001-10-12 through 2002-12-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516583; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joey  Taylor → Black/Hawk Mining, Inc.:** 2002-12-03 through 2004-03-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516583; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patrick  Banks → D & D Contracting Inc:** 2004-03-03 through 2006-01-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516583; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jim D  Akers et al → South Akers Mining Company LLC:** 2006-01-25 through 2023-11-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516583; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Harold E  Akers et al → South Akers Mining Company LLC:** 2006-01-25 through 2023-11-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516583; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kevin  Ratliff → LANDMARK MINING COMPANY, INC.:** 2023-11-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516583; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas B  Ratliff → LANDMARK MINING COMPANY, INC.:** 2023-11-08 through 2019-06-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516583; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 21
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 9 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 851 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 815 violation rows across the full record; 249 carry an S&S flag and $263,191 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 707 samples:** Occupational health samples 594 coal dust; 37 coal quartz; 76 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 17 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 — 426 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 175 contested-violation rows, 175 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 76 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 8 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 — 4 since 2021:** Inspections 112 inspection events and 6K 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 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20
- **30 CFR 75.372 — Mine ventilation map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.372
- **30 CFR 75.523-3 — Automatic emergency-parking brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-3
- **30 CFR 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **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 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.508 — Map of electrical system.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.508
- **30 CFR 77.800-2 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; record.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-I/section-77.800-2

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 9 rows; 2009-03-05 through 2011-11-16; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-11-27 through 2023-11-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 778 rows; 2002-02-12 through 2012-06-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 175 rows; 2008-04-16 through 2013-11-06; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 594 rows; 2002-01-16 through 2012-01-11; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 76 rows; 2004-07-29 through 2012-08-13; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 175 rows; 2007-04-30 through 2012-01-19; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 334 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 57 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1989-03-01 through 2023-11-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 112 rows; 2001-10-17 through 2026-04-28; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 65 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 20 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 76 rows; 2004-05-25 through 2012-02-01; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 37 rows; 2002-05-08 through 2012-01-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 815 rows; 2002-02-12 through 2012-06-14; 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-405-1516583`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-405-1516583`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1516583/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1516583/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1516583/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`