# S-15 Flag Knob

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518025
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Revelation Energy, LLC.
- **Controller:** Jeffery A  Hoops
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,838
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jeffery A  Hoops (C15863) → Revelation Energy, LLC. (0100767) → S-15 Flag Knob (1518025)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Loran D  Raschella → Raschella Coal Corp:** 1998-03-01 through 1999-06-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518025; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Addington Mining, Inc:** 1999-06-09 through 2002-07-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518025; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Horizon Natural Resources Mining, Inc.:** 2002-07-30 through 2004-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518025; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lexington Coal Company LLC → LCC Kentucky LLC:** 2004-10-01 through 2012-12-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518025; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Keith  Arnett et al → Mountain Top, Inc.:** 2012-12-11 through 2013-08-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518025; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lesley  Arnett et al → Mountain Top, Inc.:** 2012-12-11 through 2013-08-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518025; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Revelation Energy, LLC.:** 2013-08-13 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518025; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 19
- 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 608 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 206 violation rows across the full record; 97 carry an S&S flag and $44,869 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 325 samples:** Occupational health samples 191 coal dust; 19 coal quartz; 115 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 30 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 — 4 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 27 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 92 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 48.31 — Hazard training.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 77.1200 — Mine map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-M/section-77.1200
- **30 CFR 77.1301 — Explosives; magazines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-N/section-77.1301
- **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 77.1000 — 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 48.23 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23
- **30 CFR 48.26 — Experienced miner training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.26
- **30 CFR 41.13 — Failure to notify.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.13
- **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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 27 rows; 2000-02-04 through 2011-03-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-09-15 through 2014-09-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 198 rows; 2000-05-24 through 2013-11-19; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2001-09-20 through 2001-09-20; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 191 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2013-12-02; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2000-06-27 through 2009-07-25; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,461 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 448 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 1998-03-01 through 2013-08-13; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 92 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2014-04-02; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 55 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 115 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2013-12-03; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 19 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2009-03-23; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 206 rows; 2000-05-24 through 2013-11-19; 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/s-15-flag-knob-1518025`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/s-15-flag-knob-1518025`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518025/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518025/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518025/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`