# #2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1516855
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Reliant Contracting, LLC
- **Controller:** Joey  Taylor
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,886
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Joey  Taylor (C15820) → Reliant Contracting, LLC (0152753) → #2 (1516855)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Costain Group PLC → Costain Coal Inc:** 1990-04-01 through 1997-07-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516855; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Iracoal Incorporated → Lodestar Energy, Inc:** 1997-07-21 through 2004-03-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516855; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Doug A  Reed → Bluegrass Mining Co Inc:** 2004-03-25 through 2006-09-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516855; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wexford Capital LLC → CAM Mining LLC:** 2006-09-27 through 2006-10-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516855; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Danny  Justice → Damco LLC:** 2006-10-04 through 2008-07-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516855; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wexford Capital LLC → CAM Mining LLC:** 2008-07-10 through 2010-10-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516855; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rhino Resource Partners LP → CAM Mining LLC:** 2010-10-05 through 2006-10-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516855; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rhino Resource Partners LP → CAM Mining LLC:** 2010-10-05 through 2013-05-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516855; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ronald  Wright et al → Cry Baby Mining LLC:** 2013-05-30 through 2014-01-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516855; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John C  Biliter et al → Cry Baby Mining LLC:** 2013-05-30 through 2014-01-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516855; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ronald  Wright → Cry Baby Mining LLC:** 2014-01-21 through 2014-05-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516855; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Clark D  Pergrem → Coal Mining, Inc.:** 2014-05-21 through 2015-01-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516855; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mark E  Daugherty → R & C Coal, LLC:** 2015-01-05 through 2017-08-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516855; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ronald  Wright et al → R & C Coal, LLC:** 2015-01-05 through 2014-01-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516855; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John C  Biliter et al → R & C Coal, LLC:** 2015-01-05 through 2014-01-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516855; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ronald  Wright → R & C Coal, LLC:** 2015-01-05 through 2014-03-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516855; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joey  Taylor → Reliant Contracting, LLC:** 2017-08-10 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516855; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 17
- Typed edges: 40
- Interval anomalies: 4
- 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 31 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 910 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 818 violation rows across the full record; 211 carry an S&S flag and $177,109 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 826 samples:** Occupational health samples 710 coal dust; 56 coal quartz; 60 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 6 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 — 5K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 3K employee hours and 8 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 453 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 217 contested-violation rows, 219 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 17 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 166 inspection events and 8K 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 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **30 CFR 75.1106-3 — Storage of liquefied and nonliquefied compressed gas cylinders; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1106-3
- **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 75.604 — 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 70.209 — Quarterly sampling; designated areas.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-70/subpart-C/section-70.209
- **30 CFR 70.208 — Quarterly sampling; mechanized mining units.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-70/subpart-C/section-70.208
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.1504 — Mine emergency evacuation training and drills.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1504
- **30 CFR 75.1103-5 — Automatic fire warning devices; actions and response.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-5
- **30 CFR 75.1506 — Refuge alternatives.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1506
- **30 CFR 75.1108 — Approved conveyor belts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1108

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 31 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2018-08-13; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2019-03-18 through 2019-03-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 796 rows; 2000-02-02 through 2019-01-17; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 219 rows; 2002-08-07 through 2021-01-08; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 710 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2018-11-16; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 17 rows; 2000-11-29 through 2014-04-04; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 217 rows; 2017-02-07 through 2019-01-17; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 511 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 138 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 17 rows; 1990-04-01 through 2017-08-10; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 166 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2019-03-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 99 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 29 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 60 rows; 2000-02-07 through 2018-11-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 56 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2018-11-15; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 818 rows; 2000-02-02 through 2019-01-17; 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/2-1516855`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2-1516855`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1516855/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1516855/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1516855/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`