# Hardshell Tipples Mine #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517481
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Letcher, KY
- **Operator:** Hardshell Tipples Inc.
- **Controller:** Calvin R  Tackett
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,616
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Calvin R  Tackett (0051849) → Hardshell Tipples Inc. (0062143) → Hardshell Tipples Mine #1 (1517481)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Salyers Roger & Jerry Farley → Coyote Company:** 1993-12-01 through 2001-08-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James A  Hubbard → Nu Enterprise Corp:** 2001-08-06 through 2002-02-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael K  Cook et al → Cook and Sons Mining, Inc.:** 2002-02-19 through 2002-07-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Randy A  Cook et al → Cook and Sons Mining, Inc.:** 2002-02-19 through 2002-07-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ronnie L  Skeens → Leslie Mountain Processing, Inc.:** 2002-07-09 through 2003-04-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Randy A  Cook et al → Cook and Sons Mining, Inc.:** 2003-04-04 through 2004-02-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael K  Cook et al → Cook and Sons Mining, Inc.:** 2003-04-04 through 2004-02-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jim  Shubert et al → Tri-Energy, Inc.:** 2004-02-05 through 2005-08-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert  Jennings et al → Tri-Energy, Inc.:** 2004-02-05 through 2005-08-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Calvin R  Tackett → Hardshell Tipples Inc:** 2005-08-02 through 2005-09-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Baily  Allred et al → Gateway Energy Inc:** 2005-09-19 through 2007-09-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Calvin R  Tackett → Hardshell Tipples Inc.:** 2007-09-20 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 12
- 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 12 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 503 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 510 violation rows across the full record; 225 carry an S&S flag and $54,935 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 319 samples:** Occupational health samples 272 coal dust; 20 coal quartz; 27 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 183 employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 57 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 4 contested-violation rows, 52 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 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 73 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 75.1711-3 — Openings of active mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711-3
- **30 CFR 75.1504 — Mine emergency evacuation training and drills.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1504
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 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 77.410 — 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
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.904

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 12 rows; 2002-07-29 through 2003-08-25; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-06-19 through 2018-06-19; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 483 rows; 2001-09-18 through 2011-08-31; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 52 rows; 2003-05-14 through 2007-09-11; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 272 rows; 2001-10-25 through 2006-12-12; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2002-07-16 through 2002-07-16; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 4 rows; 2006-11-22 through 2006-12-12; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 52 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 12 rows; 1993-12-01 through 2007-09-20; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 73 rows; 2001-09-14 through 2018-06-19; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 66 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 27 rows; 2002-05-22 through 2006-12-12; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 20 rows; 2001-11-21 through 2006-09-29; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 510 rows; 2001-09-18 through 2011-08-31; 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/hardshell-tipples-mine-1-1517481`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/hardshell-tipples-mine-1-1517481`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517481/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517481/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517481/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`