# #2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517228
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Floyd, KY
- **Operator:** Black Star Energy, Inc
- **Controller:** Clyde D  Fields
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,060
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Clyde D  Fields (0067211) → Black Star Energy, Inc (0107645) → #2 (1517228)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Larry  Cantrell → Cedar Grove Mining Inc:** 1992-05-01 through 1992-08-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517228; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kidd Greg → Able Mining Corp:** 1992-08-17 through 1993-08-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517228; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Crum James Iii → Able Mining Corp:** 1993-08-24 through 1994-06-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517228; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jody  Samons → Thunder Ridge Mining Inc:** 1994-06-24 through 2001-03-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517228; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Carson  Thacker → Tristan Coal Company Inc:** 2001-03-18 through 2001-07-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517228; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Danny D Mead → N D O Coal Company Inc:** 2001-07-20 through 2003-02-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517228; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Minerva Ruth  Mead → MRI Mining Incorporated:** 2003-02-20 through 2009-08-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517228; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Douglas K  Tackett et al → New Birth Mining LLC:** 2009-08-13 through 2010-07-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517228; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mark E  Daugherty et al → New Birth Mining LLC:** 2009-08-13 through 2010-07-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517228; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Clyde D  Fields → Black Star Energy, Inc:** 2010-07-19 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517228; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 28
- 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 4 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 455 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 282 violation rows across the full record; 123 carry an S&S flag and $45,386 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 299 samples:** Occupational health samples 268 coal dust; 10 coal quartz; 21 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — 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 98 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 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 77.509 — Transformers; installation and guarding.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.509
- **30 CFR 75.701-1 — Approved methods of grounding of equipment receiving power from ungrounded alternating current power systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-H/section-75.701-1
- **30 CFR 72.630 — Drill dust control at underground areas of underground mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.630
- **30 CFR 75.1714-2 — Self-rescue devices; use and location requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-2
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 4 rows; 2002-04-08 through 2005-08-18; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-03-29 through 2013-03-29; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 265 rows; 2000-12-05 through 2010-09-22; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 268 rows; 2001-11-07 through 2006-01-23; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 40 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 1992-05-01 through 2010-07-19; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 98 rows; 2000-12-05 through 2013-03-29; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 40 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:** 21 rows; 2001-12-13 through 2004-10-20; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 10 rows; 2001-11-07 through 2005-07-27; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 282 rows; 2000-12-05 through 2010-09-22; 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/2-1517228`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2-1517228`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517228/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517228/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517228/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`