# #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1516699
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Floyd, KY
- **Operator:** T & M Coal Company Llc
- **Controller:** Douglas K  Tackett; James R  Mitchell
- **Public source rows linked:** 124
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Douglas K  Tackett; James R  Mitchell (C15878) → T & M Coal Company Llc (P24301) → #1 (1516699)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James R  Mitchell → Dude Branch Mining Inc:** 1989-08-01 through 1999-08-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516699; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Douglas K  Tackett et al → T & M Coal Company Llc:** 1999-08-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516699; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James R  Mitchell et al → T & M Coal Company Llc:** 1999-08-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516699; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 16 violation rows across the full record; 9 carry an S&S flag and $1,221 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 51 samples:** Occupational health samples 44 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 5 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 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 17 inspection events and 189 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 77.1104 — 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 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604
- **30 CFR 77.202 — Dust accumulations in surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.202
- **30 CFR 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722
- **30 CFR 75.523-3 — Automatic emergency-parking brakes.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-3
- **30 CFR 75.203 — Mining methods.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.203
- **30 CFR 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **30 CFR 75.523-1 — Deenergization of self-propelled electric face equipment installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-1
- **30 CFR 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2012-09-27 through 2012-09-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 16 rows; 2000-01-31 through 2000-06-01; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 44 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2000-07-18; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1989-08-01 through 1999-08-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 17 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2001-10-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 15 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 5 rows; 2000-02-01 through 2000-02-01; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2000-05-18 through 2000-06-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 16 rows; 2000-01-31 through 2000-06-01; 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/1-1516699`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1-1516699`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1516699/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1516699/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1516699/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`