# PE 3 Underground

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517826
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Premier Elkhorn Coal Company
- **Controller:** J Mark  Campbell
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,626
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**J Mark  Campbell (0149203) → Premier Elkhorn Coal Company (P21756) → PE 3 Underground (1517826)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Jim D  Akers et al → South Akers Mining Llc:** 1996-08-01 through 1997-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517826; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Harold E  Akers et al → South Akers Mining Llc:** 1996-08-01 through 1997-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517826; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ronnie  Smith → Emily Enterprises Inc:** 1997-04-30 through 1998-11-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517826; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rex  Fought → Sheep Fork Energy Inc:** 1998-11-10 through 2000-02-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517826; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Scott  Duncan → Phoenix Coal Company Inc:** 2000-02-09 through 2001-02-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517826; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Donna L  Johnson → Diamond Star Mining Inc:** 2001-02-06 through 2002-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517826; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Donna L  Johnson → Pride Mining, Inc.:** 2003-01-01 through 2006-05-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517826; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **TECO Energy Inc → Premier Elkhorn Coal Company:** 2006-05-08 through 2015-09-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517826; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James H  Booth et al → Premier Elkhorn Coal Company:** 2015-09-21 through 2019-06-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517826; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Mark  Campbell → Premier Elkhorn Coal Company:** 2019-06-16 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517826; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 26
- 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 251 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 384 violation rows across the full record; 145 carry an S&S flag and $49,025 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 656 samples:** Occupational health samples 573 coal dust; 44 coal quartz; 39 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 7 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 — 28 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 24 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 85 inspection events and 4K 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 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 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **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 75.363 — Hazardous conditions and violations of mandatory health or safety standards; posting, correcting, and recording.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.363
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2006-03-03 through 2007-06-18; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2008-03-03 through 2008-03-03; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 374 rows; 1999-01-11 through 2007-09-27; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2010-04-14 through 2010-04-14; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 573 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2007-05-18; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 24 rows; 2001-07-20 through 2007-09-11; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2006-06-21 through 2006-06-21; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 1996-08-01 through 2006-05-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 85 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2007-10-16; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 65 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 19 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 39 rows; 2000-02-02 through 2007-02-08; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 44 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2007-01-31; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 384 rows; 1999-01-11 through 2007-09-27; 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/pe-3-underground-1517826`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/pe-3-underground-1517826`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517826/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517826/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517826/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`