# Rb #8

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518131
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** Manalapan Mining Company Inc
- **Controller:** Benjamin R.  Bennett
- **Public source rows linked:** 298
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Benjamin R.  Bennett (C00015) → Manalapan Mining Company Inc (P14483) → Rb #8 (1518131)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Benjamin R.  Bennett → Manalapan Mining Company Inc:** 1999-01-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518131; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 1
- Typed edges: 3
- 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 202 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 36 violation rows across the full record; 19 carry an S&S flag and $4,130 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 170 samples:** Occupational health samples 144 coal dust; 19 coal quartz; 7 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 — 7K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 900 employee hours and 9 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 1 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 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 31 inspection events and 659 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 77.800-1 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; procedures.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-I/section-77.800-1
- **30 CFR 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2
- **30 CFR 75.1103-8 — Automatic fire sensor and warning device systems; examination and test requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-8
- **30 CFR 75.362 — On-shift examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.362
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 70.100 — Respirable dust standards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-70/subpart-B/section-70.100
- **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 75.807 — Installation of high-voltage transmission cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-I/section-75.807
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2000-06-14 through 2001-02-26; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2001-08-23 through 2001-08-23; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 36 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2001-06-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 144 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2001-06-29; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2000-10-26 through 2000-10-26; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 1999-01-01 through 1999-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 31 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2001-07-25; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 7 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2000-04-27; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 19 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2001-03-22; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 36 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2001-06-13; 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/rb-8-1518131`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/rb-8-1518131`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518131/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518131/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518131/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`