# Mine #2B

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517902
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** AEP Kentucky Coal, L.L.C.
- **Controller:** American Electric Power Company Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,252
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**American Electric Power Company Inc (C00329) → AEP Kentucky Coal, L.L.C. (0050002) → Mine #2B (1517902)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Scott  Kiscaden et al → Kiah Creek Mining Company:** 1997-02-01 through 1997-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517902; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **(Donald) Todd  Kiscaden et al → Kiah Creek Mining Company:** 1997-02-01 through 1997-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517902; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Donn A  Chickering → Branham & Baker Underground Corp:** 1997-07-01 through 2001-10-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517902; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **American Electric Power Company Inc → AEP Kentucky Coal, L.L.C.:** 2001-10-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517902; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 10
- 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 27 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 863 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 110 violation rows across the full record; 51 carry an S&S flag and $11,111 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 574 samples:** Occupational health samples 478 coal dust; 53 coal quartz; 43 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 8 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 — 5 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 50 inspection events and 2K 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 77.512 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.512
- **30 CFR 75.1107-7 — Water spray devices; capacity; water supply; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-7
- **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 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **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 75.388 — Boreholes in advance of mining.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.388
- **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 75.204 — Roof bolting.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.204
- **30 CFR 75.523-3 — Automatic emergency-parking brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-3
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 27 rows; 2000-01-31 through 2002-03-28; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2004-07-16 through 2004-07-16; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 107 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2002-08-20; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 478 rows; 2000-01-08 through 2013-05-01; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 268 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 65 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1997-02-01 through 2001-10-30; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 50 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2003-04-09; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 36 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:** 43 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2001-11-20; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 53 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2002-08-16; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 110 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2002-08-20; 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-2b-1517902`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-2b-1517902`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517902/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517902/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517902/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`