# No. 4

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518138
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knott, KY
- **Operator:** Rama Development Company Inc.
- **Controller:** Ronald G  Goff
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,277
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ronald G  Goff (C03666) → Rama Development Company Inc. (P24399) → No. 4 (1518138)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Larry E  King → King Brothers Coal Inc:** 1999-02-01 through 1999-10-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518138; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joey  Taylor → Grace Mining Inc:** 1999-10-11 through 2001-08-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518138; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Timothy P  Smith → American Mining & Manufacturing Corp:** 2001-08-03 through 2003-08-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518138; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James S  Hager → Coal Services LLC:** 2003-08-04 through 2004-02-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518138; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ronald G  Goff → Rama Development Company Inc.:** 2004-02-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518138; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 15
- 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 20 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,150 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 265 violation rows across the full record; 98 carry an S&S flag and $31,654 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 380 samples:** Occupational health samples 332 coal dust; 25 coal quartz; 23 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 — 35 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 29 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 6 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 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 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **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 75.360 — 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 75.1714-3 — Self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-3
- **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 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.1101-10 — Water sprinkler systems; fire warning devices at belt drives.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-10
- **30 CFR 75.516-1 — Installed insulators.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.516-1
- **30 CFR 75.1103-1 — Automatic fire sensors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-1
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 20 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2003-05-26; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2005-10-12 through 2005-10-12; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 257 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2004-06-24; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 29 rows; 2002-06-03 through 2003-07-02; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 332 rows; 2000-01-28 through 2005-08-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 6 rows; 2000-06-13 through 2004-08-09; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 146 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 31 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1999-02-01 through 2004-02-02; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 75 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2004-07-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 48 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:** 23 rows; 2000-04-20 through 2003-03-04; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 25 rows; 2000-04-20 through 2004-05-27; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 265 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2004-06-25; 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/no-4-1518138`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-4-1518138`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518138/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518138/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518138/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`