# First Fork Surface Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517941
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Clintwood JOD, LLC
- **Controller:** JOD Holdings LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,297
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**JOD Holdings LLC (0151681) → Clintwood JOD, LLC (0167173) → First Fork Surface Mine (1517941)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Terry Charles  Marshall → Big Creek Mining Inc:** 1997-06-01 through 2000-08-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517941; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James H  Booth et al → Apex Energy Inc:** 2000-08-11 through 2019-06-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517941; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Mark  Campbell → Apex Energy Inc:** 2019-06-16 through 2019-10-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517941; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **JOD Holdings LLC → Clintwood JOD, LLC:** 2019-10-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517941; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 11
- 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 19 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,307 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 3 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 270 violation rows across the full record; 129 carry an S&S flag and $66,679 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 560 samples:** Occupational health samples 397 coal dust; 28 coal quartz; 135 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 12 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 — 86 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 26 contested-violation rows, 32 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 28 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 8 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 — 11 since 2021:** Inspections 130 inspection events and 4K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 1,115 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 1,206
- **Average employees:** 1
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 71.500 — Sanitary toilet facilities at surface work sites; installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.500
- **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 72.620 — Drill dust control at surface mines and surface areas of underground mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.620
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **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 77.410 — 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 71.209 — Status change reports.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.209
- **30 CFR 77.1600 — Loading and haulage; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1600
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 19 rows; 2000-10-29 through 2012-01-13; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-11-16 through 2016-11-16; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 266 rows; 2000-03-20 through 2024-04-25; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 32 rows; 2000-10-30 through 2017-05-31; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 397 rows; 2000-01-31 through 2024-04-25; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 28 rows; 2000-05-04 through 2012-05-24; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 26 rows; 2009-10-27 through 2016-09-12; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,488 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 251 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1997-06-01 through 2019-10-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 130 rows; 2000-01-28 through 2026-08-25; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 182 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 39 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 135 rows; 2000-02-09 through 2023-08-21; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 28 rows; 2000-05-18 through 2015-05-06; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 270 rows; 2000-03-20 through 2024-04-25; 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/first-fork-surface-mine-1517941`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/first-fork-surface-mine-1517941`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517941/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517941/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517941/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`