# #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517390
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Floyd, KY
- **Operator:** LA Energy, LLC
- **Controller:** Vhonda  Dotson
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,921
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Vhonda  Dotson (0049573) → LA Energy, LLC (0059505) → #1 (1517390)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Goble R Don → B & D Coal Company Inc:** 1993-04-01 through 1993-04-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517390; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Goble R Don → Sometime Mining Corp:** 1993-04-22 through 1993-12-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517390; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Larry  Cantrell → Cedar Grove Mining Inc:** 1993-12-14 through 1994-11-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517390; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles  Hunt → J Cress Enterprises Inc:** 1994-11-30 through 1995-09-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517390; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eurmel  Hunter → Hope Mining Inc:** 1995-09-12 through 1998-01-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517390; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Keathley Brent → Deanco Mining Inc:** 1998-01-12 through 1998-11-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517390; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert B  Hughes → Bren-Co Inc:** 1998-12-01 through 1999-04-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517390; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wright Terry → Triple J Mining Inc:** 1999-04-09 through 2000-01-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517390; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pamela J  Allen → Sly Branch Energy Inc:** 2000-01-04 through 2005-05-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517390; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Vhonda  Dotson → LA Energy, LLC:** 2005-05-04 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517390; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 30
- 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 9 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 436 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 500 violation rows across the full record; 229 carry an S&S flag and $127,806 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 396 samples:** Occupational health samples 347 coal dust; 23 coal quartz; 26 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 — 24 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 24 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 90 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 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **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
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 77.900-1 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; procedures.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.900-1
- **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 75.523-1 — Deenergization of self-propelled electric face equipment installation requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — 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.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 9 rows; 2001-10-19 through 2005-07-23; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2012-05-11 through 2012-05-11; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 477 rows; 2000-03-15 through 2005-12-02; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 347 rows; 2000-01-31 through 2006-01-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 24 rows; 2001-01-11 through 2005-06-29; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 313 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 46 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 1993-04-01 through 2005-05-04; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 90 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2005-11-28; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 45 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 26 rows; 2001-07-25 through 2004-10-07; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 23 rows; 2000-05-10 through 2005-05-24; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 500 rows; 2000-03-15 through 2005-12-19; 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/1-1517390`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1-1517390`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517390/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517390/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517390/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`