# CARDINAL

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517216
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Hopkins, KY
- **Operator:** WARRIOR COAL LLC
- **Controller:** Alliance Resource Partners LP
- **Public source rows linked:** 81,586
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alliance Resource Partners LP (C15455) → WARRIOR COAL LLC (P24534) → CARDINAL (1517216)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Paul E  Roberts et al → Roberts Brothers Coal Company Inc:** 1992-03-01 through 2001-01-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517216; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alliance Resource Partners LP → Warrior Coal LLC:** 2001-01-27 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517216; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 6
- 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 — 272 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1,040 historical accident/injury rows; 5 coded fatalities and 19,189 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 3,594 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 11,023 violation rows across the full record; 2,516 carry an S&S flag and $4,823,312 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 46K samples:** Occupational health samples 42,102 coal dust; 2,624 coal quartz; 1,700 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 574 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 — 1.1M tons:** Quarterly production and employment 266K employee hours and 420 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 6,450 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2,702 contested-violation rows, 2,703 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1,045 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 11 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 — 555 since 2021:** Inspections 2,000 inspection events and 151K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 4,406,080 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 1,166,351
- **Average employees:** 457
- **Coal supply region:** Illinois Basin
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 75.1714-8 — Reporting SCSR inventory and malfunctions; retention of SCSRs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-8
- **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 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **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 75.362 — On-shift examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.362
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1,040 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2026-09-18; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1993-06-14 through 1993-06-14; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 10,826 rows; 2000-01-07 through 2026-09-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2,703 rows; 2003-03-12 through 2026-09-28; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 42,102 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2026-10-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1,045 rows; 2000-02-24 through 2026-02-19; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2,702 rows; 2003-04-21 through 2026-08-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,897 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 528 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 1992-03-01 through 2001-01-27; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 2,000 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2026-10-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 312 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 80 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 1,700 rows; 2000-03-01 through 2026-09-22; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2,624 rows; 2000-03-13 through 2026-08-18; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 11,023 rows; 2000-01-07 through 2026-10-07; 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/cardinal-1517216`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/cardinal-1517216`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517216/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517216/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517216/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`