# 4

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518130
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Black Energy Coal, Inc.
- **Controller:** Kenny  Fleming; Robert B  Hughes
- **Public source rows linked:** 457
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Kenny  Fleming; Robert B  Hughes (C16092) → Black Energy Coal, Inc. (P24709) → 4 (1518130)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Charles  Childress et al → Childress Construction & Trucking:** 1999-01-01 through 2000-02-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518130; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Terry L  Matney → P M C Coal Company Inc:** 2000-02-17 through 2001-11-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518130; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Carl  C  Robinson Jr et al → ARC Envirochem, LLC:** 2001-10-16 through 2003-02-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518130; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ralph C  Robinson et al → ARC Envirochem, LLC:** 2001-10-16 through 2003-02-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518130; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenny  Fleming  et al → Black Energy Coal, Inc.:** 2003-02-25 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518130; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert B  Hughes et al → Black Energy Coal, Inc.:** 2003-02-25 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518130; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 14
- 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 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 94 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 100 violation rows across the full record; 44 carry an S&S flag and $7,969 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 173 samples:** Occupational health samples 149 coal dust; 14 coal quartz; 10 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 — 6K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 8K employee hours and 17 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 46 inspection events and 1K 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 75.523-3 — Automatic emergency-parking brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-3
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **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 75.1103-4 — Automatic fire sensor and warning device systems; installation; minimum requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-4
- **30 CFR 75.1103-8 — Automatic fire sensor and warning device systems; examination and test requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-8
- **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 75.1101-4 — Branch lines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-4

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2000-05-29 through 2002-05-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2003-07-24 through 2003-07-24; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 100 rows; 2000-03-07 through 2002-08-21; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 149 rows; 2000-04-21 through 2002-08-12; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1999-01-01 through 2003-02-25; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 46 rows; 2000-02-11 through 2003-07-24; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 20 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 10 rows; 2001-06-27 through 2002-01-16; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 14 rows; 2000-07-11 through 2002-04-15; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 100 rows; 2000-03-07 through 2002-08-21; 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/4-1518130`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4-1518130`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518130/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518130/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518130/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`