# Freedom

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517587
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Henderson, KY
- **Operator:** Ohio County Coal Company LLC
- **Controller:** Patriot Coal Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 13,267
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Patriot Coal Corporation (0071611) → Ohio County Coal Company LLC (0078623) → Freedom (1517587)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Albert F  Robinson → #9 Seam Inc:** 1994-08-01 through 1994-12-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517587; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Billy  Hargis → Ohio County Coal Company Inc:** 1994-12-07 through 1995-06-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517587; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Peabody Energy Corporation → Ohio County Coal Company:** 1995-06-22 through 2007-01-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517587; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Peabody Energy Corporation → Ohio County Coal Company LLC:** 2007-01-17 through 2007-10-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517587; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Ohio County Coal Company LLC:** 2007-10-31 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517587; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 14
- 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 182 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 5,321 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 2,752 violation rows across the full record; 778 carry an S&S flag and $1,221,564 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 3K samples:** Occupational health samples 2,259 coal dust; 271 coal quartz; 256 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 94 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 576 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2,361 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 879 contested-violation rows, 898 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 584 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 10 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 206 inspection events and 22K 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 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.1909 — Nonpermissible diesel-powered equipment; design and performance requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1909
- **30 CFR 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 75.1714-3 — Self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-3
- **30 CFR 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722
- **30 CFR 75.1714 — Availability of approved self-rescue devices; instruction in use and location.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 182 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2011-10-28; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-02-27 through 2013-02-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 2,711 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2012-10-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 898 rows; 2000-05-11 through 2013-11-06; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 2,259 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2012-06-15; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 584 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2019-02-28; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 879 rows; 2000-08-01 through 2012-04-12; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,726 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 342 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1994-08-01 through 2007-01-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 206 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2013-02-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 157 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 37 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 256 rows; 2000-10-24 through 2012-02-23; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 271 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2012-05-08; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 2,752 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2012-10-23; 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/freedom-1517587`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/freedom-1517587`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517587/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517587/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517587/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`