# Mine # 2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518112
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Perry, KY
- **Operator:** Motivation Enterprise Inc.
- **Controller:** Harold K  Simpson
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,527
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Harold K  Simpson (C09689) → Motivation Enterprise Inc. (0052678) → Mine # 2 (1518112)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James A  Hubbard → Hasco Inc:** 1998-11-01 through 2001-03-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518112; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Harold K  Simpson → Simpson Mining Company Inc:** 2001-03-20 through 2004-02-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518112; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Harold K  Simpson → Simpco Enterprises Corporation:** 2004-02-13 through 2004-02-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518112; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Harold K  Simpson → Simpson Mining Company Inc.:** 2004-02-18 through 2004-02-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518112; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles  Johnson → Cumberland Gap Contracting Inc.:** 2004-02-23 through 2004-09-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518112; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Harold K  Simpson → Motivation Enterprise Inc.:** 2004-09-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518112; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 38 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 578 violation rows across the full record; 259 carry an S&S flag and $324,475 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 205 samples:** Occupational health samples 182 coal dust; 4 coal quartz; 19 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 40 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 40 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 75 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 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 75.508 — Map of electrical system.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.508
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.340 — Underground electrical installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.340
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **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 75.1714 — Availability of approved self-rescue devices; instruction in use and location.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2001-08-07 through 2001-08-07; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-01-10 through 2014-01-10; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 557 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2004-04-28; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 182 rows; 2001-05-21 through 2004-02-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 40 rows; 2001-11-15 through 2002-02-21; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 20 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 2 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1998-11-01 through 2004-09-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 75 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2004-10-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 35 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 19 rows; 2001-07-30 through 2004-01-07; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 4 rows; 2001-07-30 through 2002-04-24; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 578 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2004-04-28; 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/mine-2-1518112`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-2-1518112`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518112/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518112/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518112/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`