# 5A

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518009
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Perry, KY
- **Operator:** Parton Bros. Contracting, Inc.
- **Controller:** John H  Parton
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,809
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John H  Parton (C14115) → Parton Bros. Contracting, Inc. (P23601) → 5A (1518009)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Edward L Clemons Estate et al → Perry County Coal Corp:** 1997-12-01 through 2000-11-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518009; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rex  Fought → Aero Energy Inc:** 2000-11-15 through 2001-08-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518009; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Allen G  Stump et al → Gentec Processing Inc:** 2001-08-03 through 2002-05-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518009; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John H  Parton → Parton Bros. Contracting, Inc.:** 2002-05-06 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518009; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 12
- 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 9 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 258 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 526 violation rows across the full record; 159 carry an S&S flag and $72,257 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 481 samples:** Occupational health samples 414 coal dust; 37 coal quartz; 30 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 3 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 — 20 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 4 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 14 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 77 inspection events and 3K 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 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 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (3 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.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604
- **30 CFR 75.515 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.515
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.511 — Low-, medium-, or high-voltage distribution circuits and equipment; repair.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.511

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 9 rows; 2001-04-18 through 2005-05-20; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2006-06-06 through 2006-06-06; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 505 rows; 2000-12-26 through 2005-11-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 4 rows; 2004-07-16 through 2006-11-22; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 414 rows; 2001-01-23 through 2005-10-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 14 rows; 2001-02-07 through 2005-11-30; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2005-11-10 through 2005-11-10; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 87 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 19 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1997-12-01 through 2002-05-06; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 77 rows; 2000-05-16 through 2006-04-13; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 63 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 30 rows; 2001-06-28 through 2005-04-21; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 37 rows; 2001-01-23 through 2005-10-17; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 526 rows; 2000-12-26 through 2005-11-10; 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/5a-1518009`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/5a-1518009`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518009/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518009/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518009/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`