# Longfork #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517517
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Kentucky May Mining Inc
- **Controller:** Progress Energy Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 347
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Progress Energy Inc (C16016) → Kentucky May Mining Inc (P24571) → Longfork #1 (1517517)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Florida Progress Corporation → Kentucky May Coal Company Inc:** 1994-03-01 through 1994-06-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517517; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Larry  Yonts → Daves Branch Coal Company Inc:** 1994-06-08 through 1999-01-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517517; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Don  Robertson → 3-D Mining Inc:** 1999-01-07 through 1999-01-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517517; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hattie F  Johnson → Spud Mining Inc:** 1999-01-21 through 1999-05-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517517; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Steve  Findley et al → Fleetwood Energy Inc:** 1999-05-06 through 2000-06-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517517; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Don  Robertson → Westenn Inc:** 2000-10-05 through 2001-09-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517517; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Florida Progress Corporation → Kentucky May Mining:** 2000-11-30 through 2000-10-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517517; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Progress Energy Inc → Kentucky May Mining Inc:** 2001-09-06 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517517; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 24
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 103 violation rows across the full record; 63 carry an S&S flag and $8,307 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 80 samples:** Occupational health samples 70 coal dust; 5 coal quartz; 5 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 3 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 29 inspection events and 471 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 77.505 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.505
- **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 75.311 — Main mine fan operation.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.311
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.212 — Rehabilitation of areas with unsupported roof.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.212
- **30 CFR 75.701 — Grounding metallic frames, casings, and other enclosures of electric equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-H/section-75.701
- **30 CFR 77.516 — Electric wiring and equipment; installation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.516
- **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 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2001-01-12 through 2001-01-12; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2005-03-22 through 2005-03-22; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 102 rows; 2000-02-08 through 2001-10-02; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2001-03-14 through 2001-03-14; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 70 rows; 2000-02-08 through 2001-03-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1994-03-01 through 2001-09-06; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 29 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2002-06-28; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 15 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 5 rows; 2000-02-24 through 2000-02-24; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 5 rows; 2000-02-24 through 2001-03-08; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 103 rows; 2000-02-08 through 2001-10-02; 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/longfork-1-1517517`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/longfork-1-1517517`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517517/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517517/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517517/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`