# Kentucky Coal Terminal

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1516749
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Boyd, KY
- **Operator:** CW Coal Sales, Inc
- **Controller:** Shannon Wells
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,028
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Shannon Wells (C31959) → CW Coal Sales, Inc (0145994) → Kentucky Coal Terminal (1516749)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Florida Progress Corporation → Kentucky May Coal Company Inc:** 1989-10-01 through 1994-05-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516749; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bert T  Stanley → Double C Construction Ltd:** 1994-05-24 through 1994-11-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516749; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Amon L  Mahon → Island Fork Construction Ltd:** 1994-11-17 through 1995-03-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516749; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Florida Progress Corporation → Kentucky Coal Terminal:** 1995-03-13 through 2000-11-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516749; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Progress Energy Inc → Kentucky Coal Terminal:** 2000-11-30 through 2008-08-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516749; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Traxys North America LLC et al → Kanawha River Terminals LLC:** 2008-08-05 through 2013-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516749; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pegasus Capital Advisors LP et al → Kanawha River Terminals LLC:** 2008-08-05 through 2013-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516749; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Progress Energy Inc → Kanawha River Terminals LLC:** 2008-08-05 through 2008-04-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516749; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **SunCoke Energy Incorporated → Kanawha River Terminals LLC:** 2013-10-01 through 2016-06-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516749; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Shannon Wells → CW Coal Sales, Inc:** 2016-06-28 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516749; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 26
- 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 — 2 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 24 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 753 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 37 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 112 violation rows across the full record; 26 carry an S&S flag and $14,640 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 577 samples:** Occupational health samples 374 coal dust; 26 coal quartz; 177 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 4 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 6K employee hours and 8 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 1 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 6 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 — 21 since 2021:** Inspections 105 inspection events and 4K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 21,677
- **Average employees:** 9
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 2

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.512 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.512
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.904
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.202 — Dust accumulations in surface installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.202
- **30 CFR 77.505 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.505

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 24 rows; 2000-02-28 through 2025-05-29; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1995-03-13 through 1995-03-13; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 112 rows; 2000-02-28 through 2026-08-26; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2004-02-20 through 2004-02-20; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 374 rows; 2000-02-29 through 2026-08-12; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 761 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 126 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 1989-10-01 through 2016-06-28; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 105 rows; 2000-02-25 through 2026-09-23; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 159 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 39 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 177 rows; 2001-07-06 through 2026-08-12; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 26 rows; 2001-03-12 through 2026-08-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 112 rows; 2000-02-28 through 2026-08-26; 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/kentucky-coal-terminal-1516749`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/kentucky-coal-terminal-1516749`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1516749/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1516749/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1516749/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`