# Mine # 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517541
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Pegs Branch Energy Mining Co.
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,196
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Massey Energy Company (C02508) → Pegs Branch Energy Mining Co. (P24045) → Mine # 1 (1517541)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Massey Energy Company → Road Fork Development Company Inc:** 1994-05-01 through 1994-11-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517541; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joby  Fields → Black Diamond Coal Corp:** 1994-12-01 through 1995-05-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517541; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Pegs Branch Energy Mining Co.:** 1995-05-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517541; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Road Fork Development Company Inc:** 2011-06-01 through 1994-11-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517541; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Road Fork Development Company Inc:** 2016-07-26 through 1994-11-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517541; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Road Fork Development Company Inc:** 2018-11-09 through 1994-11-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517541; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 15
- Interval anomalies: 3
- 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: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 21 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 432 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 600 violation rows across the full record; 345 carry an S&S flag and $201,709 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 519 samples:** Occupational health samples 454 coal dust; 37 coal quartz; 28 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 6 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 — 96 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 79 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 17 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 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 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.1403-8 — Criteria—Track haulage roads.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403-8
- **30 CFR 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20
- **30 CFR 75.1714-3 — Self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-3
- **30 CFR 75.335 — Seal strengths, design applications, and installation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.335
- **30 CFR 75.1909 — Nonpermissible diesel-powered equipment; design and performance requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1909
- **30 CFR 75.1715 — Identification check system.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1715
- **30 CFR 75.311 — Main mine fan operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.311
- **30 CFR 75.1600-1 — Communication facilities; main portals; installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-Q/section-75.1600-1

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 21 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2003-09-08; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2004-09-30 through 2004-09-30; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 585 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2003-08-22; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 79 rows; 2000-10-16 through 2003-04-02; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 454 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2002-07-30; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 17 rows; 2000-02-10 through 2000-06-27; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 159 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 42 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1994-05-01 through 1995-05-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 103 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2004-07-27; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 52 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 28 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2001-10-30; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 37 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2002-02-12; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 600 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2003-08-22; 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/mine-1-1517541`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-1-1517541`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517541/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517541/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517541/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`