# Strip

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517547
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knott, KY
- **Operator:** JRC Mining, Inc.
- **Controller:** Charles  Collins
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,110
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Charles  Collins (C14616) → JRC Mining, Inc. (0129775) → Strip (1517547)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **M Lynn  Parrish → Motts Branch Coal Inc:** 1994-06-01 through 1994-08-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517547; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jerry D  Boyd → Black Rose Coal Company:** 1994-08-29 through 1996-04-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517547; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **M Lynn  Parrish → Motts Branch Coal Inc:** 1996-04-09 through 1996-04-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517547; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bobby  Newsome → A & S Coal Company Inc:** 1996-04-25 through 1998-05-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517547; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Randy  Gilkerson et al → Ember Contracting Inc:** 1998-05-22 through 1998-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517547; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Todd  Mayhorn → Shamrock Contracting Inc:** 1998-11-09 through 1999-12-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517547; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Danny  Thornsbury et al → Bubber Coal Inc:** 1999-12-06 through 2003-01-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517547; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Freddie  Anderson et al → Bubber Coal Inc:** 1999-12-06 through 2003-01-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517547; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alice  Hall → Double A Mining, Inc.:** 2003-01-17 through 2022-03-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517547; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles  Collins → JRC Mining, Inc.:** 2022-03-29 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517547; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 27
- 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 19 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 640 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 4 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 221 violation rows across the full record; 96 carry an S&S flag and $22,174 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 494 samples:** Occupational health samples 423 coal dust; 49 coal quartz; 22 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 — 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 — 4 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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 71.500 — Sanitary toilet facilities at surface work sites; installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.500
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.801 — Grounding resistors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-I/section-75.801
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **30 CFR 77.701 — 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-77/subpart-H/section-77.701

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 19 rows; 2000-02-04 through 2002-11-19; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-12-12 through 2024-12-12; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 219 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2023-07-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 423 rows; 2000-02-03 through 2023-06-27; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 1994-06-01 through 2022-03-29; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 90 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2024-12-12; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 46 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 22 rows; 2000-04-10 through 2023-06-27; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 49 rows; 2000-02-03 through 2003-11-26; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 221 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2023-07-07; 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/strip-1517547`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/strip-1517547`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517547/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517547/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517547/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`