# No 3

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517613
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Scat Cat Coal Company Inc
- **Controller:** James  Little
- **Public source rows linked:** 687
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James  Little (C07174) → Scat Cat Coal Company Inc (P22163) → No 3 (1517613)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Randy  Gilkerson et al → Ember Contracting Inc:** 1994-11-01 through 1995-10-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517613; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Timmy  Ratliff et al → Chenoa Coal Inc:** 1995-10-30 through 1997-05-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517613; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dennis  Ratliff et al → Chenoa Coal Inc:** 1995-10-30 through 1997-05-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517613; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hansel D  Fleming → H D F Inc:** 1997-05-12 through 1999-05-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517613; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James  Little → Scat Cat Coal Company Inc:** 1999-05-19 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517613; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 13
- 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 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 236 violation rows across the full record; 147 carry an S&S flag and $68,968 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 155 samples:** Occupational health samples 133 coal dust; 17 coal quartz; 5 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 6K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 2K employee hours and 9 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 4 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 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 33 inspection events and 941 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 75.701 — Grounding metallic frames, casings, and other enclosures of electric equipment.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-H/section-75.701
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **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 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **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 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 75.902-4 — Attachment of ground conductors and ground check wires to equipment frames; use of separate connections.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.902-4
- **30 CFR 75.901 — Protection of low- and medium-voltage three-phase circuits used underground.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.901
- **30 CFR 75.601 — Short circuit protection of trailing cables.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.601

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2001-01-10 through 2001-02-05; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2002-07-12 through 2002-07-12; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 224 rows; 1999-02-01 through 2001-05-02; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 133 rows; 2000-01-26 through 2001-04-26; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2000-09-25 through 2000-09-25; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1994-11-01 through 1999-05-19; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 33 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2002-04-19; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 18 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:** 5 rows; 2000-02-07 through 2000-02-07; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 17 rows; 2000-01-27 through 2001-04-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 236 rows; 1999-02-01 through 2001-05-18; 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-3-1517613`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-3-1517613`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517613/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517613/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517613/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`