# Surface Mine No 8

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517534
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Perry, KY
- **Operator:** LCC Kentucky LLC
- **Controller:** Lexington Coal Company LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 365
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Lexington Coal Company LLC (0045767) → LCC Kentucky LLC (0055096) → Surface Mine No 8 (1517534)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Greg  Wells → Leslie Resources Inc:** 1994-04-01 through 1998-03-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517534; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Leslie Resources Inc:** 1998-03-09 through 1999-09-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517534; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Talmage D  Meade → Meade & Shepherd Coal Company Inc:** 1999-09-27 through 2001-12-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517534; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dallas  Sandlin et al → Created Mining LLC:** 2001-12-17 through 2002-07-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517534; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wilk  Renfro et al → Created Mining LLC:** 2001-12-17 through 2002-07-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517534; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Leslie Resources Inc:** 2002-07-16 through 2004-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517534; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lexington Coal Company LLC → LCC Kentucky LLC:** 2004-10-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517534; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 18
- 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 6 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 60 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 46 violation rows across the full record; 16 carry an S&S flag and $3,210 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 91 samples:** Occupational health samples 53 coal dust; 6 coal quartz; 32 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 7 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 2K employee hours and 4 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 31 inspection events and 394 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 77.409 — Shovels, draglines, and tractors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.409
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **30 CFR 77.1707 — First aid equipment; location; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1707
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1710 — Protective clothing; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1710
- **30 CFR 77.1102 — Warning signs; smoking and open flame.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1102
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 48.23 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 6 rows; 2000-04-18 through 2001-04-12; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2007-07-09 through 2007-07-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 46 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2007-05-01; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 53 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2001-06-26; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 98 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 1994-04-01 through 2004-10-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 31 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2007-05-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 23 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:** 32 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2001-01-11; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 6 rows; 2000-04-05 through 2001-04-10; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 46 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2007-05-01; 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/surface-mine-no-8-1517534`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/surface-mine-no-8-1517534`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517534/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517534/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517534/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`