# Red Oak

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518202
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Perry, KY
- **Operator:** Midwest Resources LLC
- **Controller:** Gary L  Barker; Robert  Hatton
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,804
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Gary L  Barker; Robert  Hatton (0066009) → Midwest Resources LLC (0078583) → Red Oak (1518202)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Talmage D  Meade → Meade & Shepherd Coal Company Inc:** 1999-09-01 through 2003-01-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518202; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John C  Smith Jr → Appalachian Fuels, LLC:** 2003-01-22 through 2006-01-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518202; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Energy Coal Resources Inc → Appalachian Fuels, LLC:** 2006-01-17 through 2007-01-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518202; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary L  Barker et al → Midwest Resources LLC:** 2007-02-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518202; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert  Hatton et al → Midwest Resources LLC:** 2007-02-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518202; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 12
- 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 31 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,314 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 233 violation rows across the full record; 154 carry an S&S flag and $50,756 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 397 samples:** Occupational health samples 269 coal dust; 15 coal quartz; 113 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 18 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 — 3K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 2K employee hours and 8 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 4 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 4 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 14 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 82 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 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 48.29 — Records of training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.29
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 31 rows; 2000-03-31 through 2009-08-03; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2009-08-29 through 2009-08-29; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 232 rows; 2000-04-19 through 2009-04-09; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 4 rows; 2001-05-24 through 2003-03-06; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 269 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2009-05-11; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 619 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 134 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1999-09-01 through 2007-02-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 82 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2009-08-25; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 51 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 113 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2009-01-21; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 15 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2005-05-02; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 233 rows; 2000-04-19 through 2009-04-09; 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/red-oak-1518202`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/red-oak-1518202`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518202/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518202/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518202/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`