# Vision #9

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517044
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Webster, KY
- **Operator:** Vision Mining, Inc.
- **Controller:** Alliance Resource Partners LP
- **Public source rows linked:** 8,636
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alliance Resource Partners LP (C15455) → Vision Mining, Inc. (P24692) → Vision #9 (1517044)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Chevron Corporation → Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company:** 1991-02-01 through 2000-05-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517044; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Chester  Thomas et al → Cochise Coal Company Inc:** 2000-05-12 through 2001-05-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517044; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Chester M  Thomas → Vision Mining, Inc.:** 2001-05-19 through 2012-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517044; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alliance Resource Partners LP → Vision Mining, Inc.:** 2012-04-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517044; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 11
- 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 155 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 4,545 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 2,431 violation rows across the full record; 714 carry an S&S flag and $1,295,289 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1K samples:** Occupational health samples 944 coal dust; 92 coal quartz; 155 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 25 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 — 1,414 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 600 contested-violation rows, 600 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 214 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 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 239 inspection events and 13K 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 77.215 — Refuse piles; construction requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.215
- **30 CFR 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **30 CFR 77.411 — Compressed air and boilers; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.411
- **30 CFR 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **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 75.1914 — Maintenance of diesel-powered equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1914
- **30 CFR 75.1911 — Fire suppression systems for diesel-powered equipment and fuel transportation units.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1911
- **30 CFR 75.1909 — Nonpermissible diesel-powered equipment; design and performance requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1909
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 48.27 — Training of miners assigned to a task in which they have had no previous experience; minimum courses of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.27

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 155 rows; 2001-07-10 through 2010-11-29; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2017-11-09 through 2017-11-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 2,409 rows; 2001-06-12 through 2014-06-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 600 rows; 2005-09-06 through 2010-09-29; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 944 rows; 2001-07-05 through 2015-06-10; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 214 rows; 2001-01-03 through 2008-04-15; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 600 rows; 2004-09-21 through 2008-04-02; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 467 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 67 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1991-02-01 through 2001-05-19; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 239 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2017-09-11; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 214 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 43 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 155 rows; 2001-09-05 through 2007-11-21; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 92 rows; 2001-07-18 through 2007-11-20; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 2,431 rows; 2001-06-12 through 2014-06-10; 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/vision-9-1517044`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/vision-9-1517044`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517044/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517044/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517044/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`