# Quality 2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1517979
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Quality Coal, LLC
- **Controller:** Rocky  Maynard; Garrett N  Blackburn
- **Public source rows linked:** 4,714
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Rocky  Maynard; Garrett N  Blackburn (0166783) → Quality Coal, LLC (0180754) → Quality 2 (1517979)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Danny  Justice → Dags Branch Coal Co.,  Inc:** 1997-09-01 through 2004-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517979; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L  Griffith → Dags Branch Coal Co.,  Inc:** 2004-07-01 through 2005-03-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517979; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Woodman Three Mining Inc → Woodman Three Mine, Inc.:** 2005-03-31 through 2021-05-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517979; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Herbert R  Hamilton et al → Dags Branch Coal Co.,  Inc:** 2015-01-01 through 2005-03-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517979; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L  Griffith et al → Dags Branch Coal Co.,  Inc:** 2015-01-01 through 2005-03-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517979; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L  Griffith → Dags Branch Coal Co.,  Inc:** 2016-05-26 through 2005-03-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517979; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Anthony  Newsome → Jet Coal Co., Inc.:** 2021-05-24 through 2022-01-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517979; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rocky  Maynard et al → Quality Coal, LLC:** 2022-01-19 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517979; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Garrett N  Blackburn et al → Quality Coal, LLC:** 2022-01-19 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1517979; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 20
- Interval anomalies: 3
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 8 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 66 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 1,458 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 253 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 985 violation rows across the full record; 271 carry an S&S flag and $160,900 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,875 coal dust; 123 coal quartz; 146 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 14 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 — 41K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 19K employee hours and 34 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 128 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 27 contested-violation rows, 47 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 54 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 — 23 since 2021:** Inspections 248 inspection events and 15K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 6,844 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 8,815
- **Average employees:** 11
- **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 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2
- **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 75.701 — 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 75.214 — Supplemental support materials, equipment and tools.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.214
- **30 CFR 75.1002 — Installation of electric equipment and conductors; permissibility.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-K/section-75.1002
- **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 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.1107-9 — Dry chemical devices; capacity; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-9
- **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:** 66 rows; 2000-07-24 through 2023-09-20; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-09-13 through 2024-09-13; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 973 rows; 2000-03-21 through 2024-02-12; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 47 rows; 2001-01-29 through 2023-05-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,875 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2024-06-10; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 54 rows; 2000-06-02 through 2024-02-13; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 27 rows; 2004-07-29 through 2022-07-13; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 66 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 1997-09-01 through 2022-01-19; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 248 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2024-07-10; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 24 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 51 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 146 rows; 2000-12-05 through 2023-11-14; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 123 rows; 2000-05-01 through 2024-01-09; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 985 rows; 2000-03-21 through 2024-02-12; 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/quality-2-1517979`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/quality-2-1517979`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1517979/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1517979/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1517979/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`