# No.17 Mine - **MSHA mine ID:** 1517903 - **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed - **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous) - **Location:** Harlan, KY - **Operator:** Harlan Cumberland Coal Co, LLC - **Controller:** Joseph T Bennett - **Public source rows linked:** 4,319 - **Source coverage:** 17 / 20 - **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z ## Current entity hierarchy **Joseph T Bennett (C15915) → Harlan Cumberland Coal Co, LLC (P00008) → No.17 Mine (1517903)** Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim. ## Controller and operator valid-time history - **Benjamin R. Bennett → Manalapan Mining Company Inc:** 1997-02-01 through 2002-09-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517903; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Joseph T Bennett et al → Harlan Cumberland Coal Company LLC:** 2002-09-05 through 2010-02-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517903; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Jack H Ealy et al → K and D Mining Inc.:** 2010-02-23 through 2012-07-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517903; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **John D North et al - JackrockLLC only8/27/99-5/3/04 → K and D Mining Inc.:** 2010-02-23 through 2012-07-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517903; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Ralph Napier et al → K and D Mining Inc.:** 2010-02-23 through 2012-07-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517903; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Randall Fleming et al → Yellow Rose Coal, LLC:** 2012-07-13 through 2015-03-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517903; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Teresa Fleming et al → Yellow Rose Coal, LLC:** 2012-07-13 through 2015-03-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517903; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Joseph T Bennett et al → Harlan Cumberland Coal Co, LLC:** 2015-03-03 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517903; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - History rows: 8 - Typed edges: 17 - 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 50 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,446 lost days across the published record. 2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,010 violation rows across the full record; 308 carry an S&S flag and $1,595,014 appears in current assessed amounts. 3. **HEALTH — 1K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,018 coal dust; 79 coal quartz; 101 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 20 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 373 employee hours and 9 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter. 5. **LEGAL — 279 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 97 contested-violation rows, 161 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 21 conference records linked by issuance number. 6. **CONTRACTORS — 9 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 160 inspection events and 10K 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 77.800-2 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; record.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-I/section-77.800-2 - **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502 - **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512 - **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 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503 - **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 - **30 CFR 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722 - **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 ## Source coverage - **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 50 rows; 2000-01-31 through 2013-09-06; source ID `msha-accidents` - **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2015-10-26 through 2015-10-26; source ID `msha-addresses` - **Assessed Violations:** 968 rows; 2000-02-10 through 2015-03-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations` - **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 161 rows; 2000-09-08 through 2015-08-27; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions` - **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,018 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2014-07-25; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples` - **Conferences:** 21 rows; 2000-03-28 through 2014-09-25; source ID `msha-conferences` - **Contested Violations:** 97 rows; 2003-09-18 through 2014-06-12; source ID `msha-contested-violations` - **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 363 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly` - **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 86 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly` - **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1997-02-01 through 2015-03-03; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history` - **Inspections:** 160 rows; 2000-02-02 through 2015-10-07; source ID `msha-inspections` - **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 160 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly` - **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 35 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly` - **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines` - **Noise Samples:** 101 rows; 2000-03-20 through 2014-03-12; source ID `msha-noise-samples` - **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 79 rows; 2000-08-02 through 2014-04-07; source ID `msha-quartz-samples` - **Violations:** 1,010 rows; 2000-02-10 through 2015-03-23; 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/no-17-mine-1517903` - JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-17-mine-1517903` - Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517903/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows) - Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517903/relationships` - MCP resource: `mine://1517903/assessment` - Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`