# KY Fuels E3RF

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517894
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knott, KY
- **Operator:** Kentucky Fuel Corporation
- **Controller:** James C  Justice III
- **Public source rows linked:** 6,033
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James C  Justice III (0171761) → Kentucky Fuel Corporation (0059863) → KY Fuels E3RF (1517894)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **CONSOL Energy Inc → Consol Of Kentucky Inc:** 1997-01-01 through 2004-03-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517894; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary  Adams  et al → Apollo Coal Company:** 2004-03-22 through 2004-12-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517894; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Randy  Gilkerson et al → Ember Contracting Inc.:** 2004-12-15 through 2008-08-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517894; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **CONSOL Energy Inc → Consol of Kentucky Inc:** 2008-08-29 through 2008-11-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517894; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Carl  Kirk et al → Marshall Mining Incorporated:** 2008-11-13 through 2010-06-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517894; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Kentucky Fuel Corporation:** 2010-06-18 through 2017-04-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517894; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Kentucky Fuel Corporation:** 2017-04-14 through 2022-09-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517894; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Kentucky Fuel Corporation:** 2017-04-14 through 2022-09-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517894; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → Kentucky Fuel Corporation:** 2022-09-14 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517894; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 22
- 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 56 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2,219 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,043 violation rows across the full record; 321 carry an S&S flag and $178,642 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,439 coal dust; 164 coal quartz; 73 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 29 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 — 90 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 37 contested-violation rows, 37 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 16 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 7 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 — 8 since 2021:** Inspections 374 inspection events and 12K 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 — Sealing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 75.1714-8 — Reporting SCSR inventory and malfunctions; retention of SCSRs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-8
- **30 CFR 75.523-3 — Automatic emergency-parking brakes.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-3
- **30 CFR 75.1714-3 — Self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-3
- **30 CFR 75.1714-6 — Emergency tethers.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-6
- **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 77.207 — Illumination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.207
- **30 CFR 75.701 — Grounding metallic frames, casings, and other enclosures of electric equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-H/section-75.701
- **30 CFR 75.518 — Electric equipment and circuits; overload and short circuit protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.518

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 56 rows; 2000-03-01 through 2007-12-01; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-12-27 through 2018-12-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,016 rows; 2000-03-06 through 2018-12-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 37 rows; 2009-05-20 through 2011-11-04; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,439 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2008-05-09; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 16 rows; 2000-06-13 through 2007-06-13; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 37 rows; 2008-04-11 through 2008-08-05; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,286 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 308 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 1997-01-01 through 2010-06-18; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 374 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2026-08-20; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 143 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 30 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 73 rows; 2000-04-27 through 2008-03-12; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 164 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2008-04-29; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,043 rows; 2000-03-06 through 2018-12-13; 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/ky-fuels-e3rf-1517894`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/ky-fuels-e3rf-1517894`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517894/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517894/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517894/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`