# #78

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517816
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knott, KY
- **Operator:** Leeco Incorporated
- **Controller:** James River Coal Company
- **Public source rows linked:** 773
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James River Coal Company (C13562) → Leeco Incorporated (P23186) → #78 (1517816)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Henry  Chaney Jr → Elkhorn Eagle Mining Company Inc:** 1996-07-01 through 2001-01-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517816; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Elkhorn Eagle Mining Company Inc:** 2001-01-26 through 2001-03-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517816; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Leeco Incorporated:** 2001-03-29 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517816; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 9
- 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 9 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 41 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 110 violation rows across the full record; 22 carry an S&S flag and $8,822 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 130 samples:** Occupational health samples 94 coal dust; 30 coal quartz; 6 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 53 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 75.1502 — Mine emergency evacuation and firefighting program of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1502
- **30 CFR 75.312 — Main mine fan examinations and records.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.312
- **30 CFR 75.512-2 — Frequency of examinations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512-2
- **30 CFR 75.1714-6 — Emergency tethers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-6
- **30 CFR 77.508-1 — Lightning arresters; wires entering buildings.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.508-1
- **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 75.1714-4 — Additional self-contained self-rescuers (SCSRs).** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-4
- **30 CFR 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **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:** 9 rows; 2001-03-21 through 2002-01-15; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2008-01-04 through 2008-01-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 106 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2008-01-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 94 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2002-01-31; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2000-04-04 through 2001-04-24; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 226 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 39 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1996-07-01 through 2001-03-29; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 53 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2008-01-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 84 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 6 rows; 2001-07-26 through 2001-07-26; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 30 rows; 2001-04-12 through 2002-01-09; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 110 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2008-01-10; 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/78-1517816`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/78-1517816`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517816/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517816/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517816/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`