# Le-Ib Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1516986
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Blair Coal Company Inc
- **Controller:** Ricky  Blair
- **Public source rows linked:** 829
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ricky  Blair (C15524) → Blair Coal Company Inc (P23622) → Le-Ib Mine (1516986)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Thomas Tommy Et Al → I B Mining Company:** 1990-10-01 through 1991-06-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516986; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Childers Michael & Pat Et Al → Jammer Mining Inc:** 1991-06-21 through 1993-09-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516986; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bartley Eppie R → Flatwoods Coal Company Inc:** 1993-09-17 through 1994-09-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516986; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dennis Allen  Ramey → Sweatbee Coal Company:** 1994-09-27 through 2000-10-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516986; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ricky  Blair → Blair Coal Company Inc:** 2000-10-03 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1516986; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 15
- 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 13 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 229 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 102 violation rows across the full record; 43 carry an S&S flag and $11,268 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 463 samples:** Occupational health samples 393 coal dust; 50 coal quartz; 20 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 — 3K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 3K employee hours and 12 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 — 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 73 inspection events and 2K 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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 75.310 — Installation of main mine fans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.310
- **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 75.523 — Electric face equipment; deenergization.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523
- **30 CFR 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **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 75.1107-4 — Automatic fire sensors and manual actuators; installation; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-4

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 13 rows; 2001-04-11 through 2005-09-20; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2005-12-15 through 2005-12-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 102 rows; 2000-12-19 through 2005-10-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 393 rows; 2000-11-20 through 2005-09-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 3 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1990-10-01 through 2000-10-03; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 73 rows; 2000-02-16 through 2005-12-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 54 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 20 rows; 2002-05-01 through 2005-06-20; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 50 rows; 2000-11-29 through 2005-09-08; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 102 rows; 2000-12-19 through 2005-10-14; 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/le-ib-mine-1516986`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/le-ib-mine-1516986`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1516986/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1516986/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1516986/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`