# No. 5

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517712
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Sassy Coal Co., Inc.
- **Controller:** Charles T  Norman
- **Public source rows linked:** 466
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Charles T  Norman (C14885) → Sassy Coal Co., Inc. (P24733) → No. 5 (1517712)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Earl R  Tester → Hi Tech Coal Inc:** 1995-09-01 through 1996-05-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517712; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Amon L  Mahon → Island Fork Construction Ltd:** 1996-05-30 through 1997-01-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517712; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Corbin Eugene  Cline et al → Chrisco Services Inc:** 1997-01-17 through 1999-10-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517712; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jesse  Chafin Jr → Chafin Brothers Mining Inc:** 1999-10-04 through 2004-09-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517712; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Danny  Justice → DAMCO LLC:** 2004-09-24 through 2005-01-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517712; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles T  Norman → Sassy Coal Co., Inc.:** 2005-01-10 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517712; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 18
- 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 98 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 111 violation rows across the full record; 63 carry an S&S flag and $10,039 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 144 samples:** Occupational health samples 125 coal dust; 14 coal quartz; 5 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 — 3K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 2K employee hours and 15 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 26 inspection events and 599 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 75.605 — Clamping of trailing cables to equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.605
- **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 75.523-3 — Automatic emergency-parking brakes.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-3
- **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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 75.203 — Mining methods.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.203
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2000-02-29 through 2000-05-01; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2006-03-13 through 2006-03-13; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 108 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2006-01-17; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 125 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2006-01-20; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 31 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1995-09-01 through 2005-01-10; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 26 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2006-01-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 22 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 5 rows; 2005-03-22 through 2005-03-22; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 14 rows; 2000-02-10 through 2005-10-18; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 111 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2006-01-17; 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-5-1517712`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-5-1517712`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517712/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517712/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517712/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`