# No. 4

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517288
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knox, KY
- **Operator:** D + R Coal Inc
- **Controller:** Lloyd  Cole; Larry  Hubbard
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,690
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Lloyd  Cole; Larry  Hubbard (C13893) → D + R Coal Inc (P24054) → No. 4 (1517288)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Troy Lee  Girdner → Girdner Mining Company Inc:** 1992-08-01 through 1998-10-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517288; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Larry  Hubbard  et al → D & R Coal Inc:** 1998-10-14 through 2000-08-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517288; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lloyd  Cole  et al → D & R Coal Inc:** 1998-10-14 through 2000-08-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517288; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Troy Lee  Girdner → Girdner Mining Company Inc:** 2000-08-15 through 2002-07-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517288; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rhonda  Duerr → Myjoy Coal LLC:** 2002-07-17 through 2006-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517288; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Troy Lee  Girdner → Myjoy Coal LLC:** 2006-04-18 through 2011-10-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517288; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lloyd  Cole  et al → D + R Coal Inc:** 2011-10-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517288; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Larry  Hubbard  et al → D + R Coal Inc:** 2011-10-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517288; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 17
- 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 198 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 359 violation rows across the full record; 151 carry an S&S flag and $37,477 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 730 samples:** Occupational health samples 621 coal dust; 49 coal quartz; 60 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 2K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 3K employee hours and 11 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 25 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 4 contested-violation rows, 18 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 103 inspection events and 3K 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.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 75.372 — Mine ventilation map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.372
- **30 CFR 75.523-1 — Deenergization of self-propelled electric face equipment installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-1
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **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 75.208 — Warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.208
- **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 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 4 rows; 2000-05-23 through 2005-09-20; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-02-20 through 2013-02-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 350 rows; 2000-03-22 through 2013-01-16; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 18 rows; 2003-03-04 through 2004-02-20; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 621 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2013-01-23; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2005-03-28 through 2007-05-14; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 4 rows; 2003-03-27 through 2003-09-10; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1992-08-01 through 2011-10-05; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 103 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2013-01-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 91 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 60 rows; 2000-04-13 through 2013-01-23; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 49 rows; 2000-01-31 through 2012-10-26; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 359 rows; 2000-03-22 through 2013-01-16; 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/no-4-1517288`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-4-1517288`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517288/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517288/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517288/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`