# Island Creek #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517064
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Dusty Diamond Company Inc
- **Controller:** Jerry  Volk; Bob  Bays
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,200
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jerry  Volk; Bob  Bays (0042739) → Dusty Diamond Company Inc (0051958) → Island Creek #1 (1517064)**

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:** 1991-04-01 through 1997-07-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517064; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Iracoal Incorporated → Lodestar Energy, Inc:** 1997-07-21 through 2002-11-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517064; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ocie A  May → M & D Pipeline Inc:** 2002-11-26 through 2003-07-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517064; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Susan  Branham → M & D Pipeline Inc:** 2003-07-14 through 2005-10-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517064; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jerry  Volk  et al → Dusty Diamond Company Inc:** 2005-10-11 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517064; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bob  Bays  et al → Dusty Diamond Company Inc:** 2005-10-11 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517064; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 9 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 128 violation rows across the full record; 47 carry an S&S flag and $20,664 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 98 samples:** Occupational health samples 70 coal dust; 9 coal quartz; 19 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 3 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 — 14 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 14 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 41 inspection events and 973 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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 48.26 — Experienced miner training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.26
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **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 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2003-05-13 through 2008-05-20; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2012-03-28 through 2012-03-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 116 rows; 2002-07-08 through 2011-03-22; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 70 rows; 2003-03-12 through 2009-07-23; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 14 rows; 2002-12-12 through 2007-06-13; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 647 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 132 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1991-04-01 through 2005-10-11; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 41 rows; 2000-10-17 through 2012-03-26; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 19 rows; 2005-01-13 through 2009-07-23; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 9 rows; 2005-01-13 through 2006-08-22; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 128 rows; 2002-07-08 through 2011-03-22; 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/island-creek-1-1517064`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/island-creek-1-1517064`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517064/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517064/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517064/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`