# #2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517767
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Floyd, KY
- **Operator:** Murriell-Don Coal Company Inc
- **Controller:** Rowland  Goble; Charles A  Ratliff
- **Public source rows linked:** 155
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Rowland  Goble; Charles A  Ratliff (0041649) → Murriell-Don Coal Company Inc (P22855) → #2 (1517767)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Richard L  Cooper → Richardson Fuel Inc:** 1996-04-01 through 1996-04-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517767; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Richard  Goff → Bethel Energy Corp:** 1996-04-26 through 1998-01-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517767; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Murriell James Ray → Murriell-Don Coal Company Inc:** 1998-01-27 through 2003-01-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517767; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles A  Ratliff et al → Murriell-Don Coal Company Inc:** 2003-01-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517767; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rowland  Goble  et al → Murriell-Don Coal Company Inc:** 2003-01-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517767; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 12
- 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 82 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 26 violation rows across the full record; 13 carry an S&S flag and $2,963 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 66 samples:** Occupational health samples 54 coal dust; 3 coal quartz; 9 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 — 0 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 18 inspection events and 242 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 75.1711-3 — Openings of active mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711-3
- **30 CFR 72.630 — Drill dust control at underground areas of underground mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.630
- **30 CFR 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.215 — Refuse piles; construction requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.215
- **30 CFR 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604
- **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 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 77.1601 — Transportation of persons; restrictions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1601
- **30 CFR 77.215-2 — Refuse piles; reporting requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.215-2

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2000-03-16 through 2000-06-08; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2001-05-16 through 2001-05-16; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 24 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2000-12-12; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 54 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2000-09-26; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1996-04-01 through 1998-01-27; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 18 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2001-08-20; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 2 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 9 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2000-01-13; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 3 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2000-04-13; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 26 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2000-12-27; 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/2-1517767`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2-1517767`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517767/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517767/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517767/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`