# Mine #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517898
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** McCoy Fouts Coal Company Incorporated
- **Controller:** Paul  McCoy; Danny W  Fouts
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,518
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Paul  McCoy; Danny W  Fouts (0101707) → McCoy Fouts Coal Company Incorporated (0119669) → Mine #1 (1517898)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Leonard  Miller → Kentucky Ridge Coal Company Inc:** 1997-02-01 through 1997-06-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517898; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **TECO Energy Inc → Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company Inc:** 1997-06-23 through 1997-07-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517898; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Woodman Three Mining Inc → Woodman Three Mine Company Inc:** 1997-07-17 through 1998-10-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517898; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **TECO Energy Inc → Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company Inc:** 1998-10-21 through 1998-11-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517898; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Howard  Norman et al → T H W Coal Company Inc:** 1998-11-16 through 2000-01-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517898; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles T  Norman et al → T H W Coal Company Inc:** 1998-11-16 through 2000-01-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517898; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Connie  Bryant → Three Mile Coal Inc:** 2000-01-24 through 2000-03-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517898; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **TECO Energy Inc → Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company Inc:** 2000-03-07 through 2000-03-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517898; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Connie  Bryant → Three Mile Coal Inc:** 2000-03-21 through 2002-04-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517898; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Tony R  Boyd → Miracle Coal, Inc.:** 2002-04-02 through 2003-09-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517898; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jessica R  Lester et al → Inspiration Resources, Inc.:** 2003-09-04 through 2009-10-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517898; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Connie  Bryant → Foggy Mountain Coal Company Inc:** 2009-10-19 through 2011-10-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517898; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Paul  McCoy et al → McCoy Fouts Coal Company Incorporated:** 2011-10-07 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517898; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Danny W  Fouts et al → McCoy Fouts Coal Company Incorporated:** 2011-10-07 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517898; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James H  Booth et al → Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company Inc:** 2015-09-21 through 1997-07-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517898; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James H  Booth et al → Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company Inc:** 2015-09-21 through 1998-11-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517898; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James H  Booth et al → Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company Inc:** 2015-09-21 through 2000-03-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517898; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Mark  Campbell → Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company Inc:** 2019-06-16 through 1997-07-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517898; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Mark  Campbell → Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company Inc:** 2019-06-16 through 1998-11-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517898; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Mark  Campbell → Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company Inc:** 2019-06-16 through 2000-03-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517898; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 20
- Typed edges: 43
- Interval anomalies: 6
- 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 11 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,165 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 818 violation rows across the full record; 424 carry an S&S flag and $270,331 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 859 samples:** Occupational health samples 730 coal dust; 63 coal quartz; 66 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 600 employee hours and 9 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 72 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 12 contested-violation rows, 12 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 48 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 109 inspection events and 6K 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 77.1001 — Stripping; loose material.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1001
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.310 — Installation of main mine fans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.310
- **30 CFR 77.505 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.505
- **30 CFR 77.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.904
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 11 rows; 2000-10-03 through 2007-08-06; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-04-11 through 2014-04-11; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 802 rows; 2000-03-06 through 2011-12-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 12 rows; 2013-01-18 through 2013-01-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 730 rows; 2000-02-14 through 2011-10-25; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 48 rows; 2000-07-20 through 2011-12-23; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 12 rows; 2008-01-09 through 2008-08-04; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 564 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 105 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 20 rows; 1997-02-01 through 2011-10-07; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 109 rows; 2000-02-14 through 2012-04-10; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 127 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 29 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 66 rows; 2001-01-11 through 2011-10-24; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 63 rows; 2000-06-13 through 2011-08-30; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 818 rows; 2000-03-06 through 2011-12-08; 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/mine-1-1517898`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-1-1517898`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517898/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517898/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517898/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`