# No 3

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517610
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knott, KY
- **Operator:** MRM Mining Inc
- **Controller:** Danny D Mead; Virginia Jenny"  Mead Hicks"
- **Public source rows linked:** 833
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Danny D Mead; Virginia Jenny"  Mead Hicks" (0179860) → MRM Mining Inc (0083885) → No 3 (1517610)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Clark  Johnson → C & C Mining Inc:** 1994-10-01 through 1994-12-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517610; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Chafin Allen → A & V Corp:** 1994-12-02 through 1994-12-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517610; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Johnson Elwood Et Al → E & J Inc:** 1994-12-20 through 2009-10-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517610; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Clint  Sandlin → Triple S Mining Co., Inc.:** 2009-10-26 through 2010-04-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517610; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Randy S  McKinney → Mac-Tech Inc:** 2010-04-07 through 2011-04-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517610; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Minerva Ruth  Mead → MRM Mining Inc:** 2011-04-04 through 2013-05-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517610; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Virginia  Mead → MRM Mining Inc:** 2013-05-30 through 2021-12-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517610; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Danny D Mead → MRM Mining Inc:** 2021-12-08 through 2023-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517610; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Virginia Jenny"  Mead Hicks et al" → MRM Mining Inc:** 2023-10-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517610; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Danny D Mead et al → MRM Mining Inc:** 2023-10-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517610; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 25
- 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 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 51 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 269 violation rows across the full record; 70 carry an S&S flag and $52,060 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 97 samples:** Occupational health samples 80 coal dust; 4 coal quartz; 13 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 2K employee hours and 8 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 32 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 14 contested-violation rows, 14 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 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 38 inspection events and 1K 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 75.310 — Installation of main mine fans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.310
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 75.381 — Escapeways; anthracite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.381
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **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 75.350 — Belt air course ventilation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.350
- **30 CFR 75.203 — Mining methods.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.203
- **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 75.517 — 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 75.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.904
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2010-11-24 through 2011-12-03; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-06-19 through 2018-06-19; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 260 rows; 2010-08-26 through 2012-09-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 14 rows; 2013-09-30 through 2013-09-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 80 rows; 2010-10-27 through 2012-10-02; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2011-11-28 through 2012-03-12; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 14 rows; 2011-10-27 through 2011-12-03; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 88 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 1994-10-01 through 2011-04-04; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 38 rows; 2009-11-12 through 2018-06-19; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 13 rows; 2010-11-03 through 2012-03-08; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 4 rows; 2010-10-27 through 2012-02-14; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 269 rows; 2010-08-26 through 2012-09-13; 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/no-3-1517610`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-3-1517610`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517610/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517610/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517610/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`