# Hignite #4

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518235
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Bell, KY
- **Operator:** Bell County Coal Corporation
- **Controller:** James River Coal Company
- **Public source rows linked:** 625
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James River Coal Company (C13562) → Bell County Coal Corporation (P19841) → Hignite #4 (1518235)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James River Coal Company → Bell County Coal Corporation:** 2000-02-01 through 2001-02-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518235; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ralph  Napier et al → Jackrock Llc:** 2001-02-12 through 2001-04-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518235; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jack H Ealy et al → Jackrock Llc:** 2001-02-12 through 2001-04-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518235; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John D North et al -  JackrockLLC only8/27/99-5/3/04 → Jackrock Llc:** 2001-02-12 through 2001-04-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518235; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Bell County Coal Corporation:** 2001-04-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518235; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 10
- 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: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 22 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 293 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 165 violation rows across the full record; 107 carry an S&S flag and $39,933 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 132 samples:** Occupational health samples 118 coal dust; 14 coal quartz. 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 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 — 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 29 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 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.209 — Automated Temporary Roof Support (ATRS) systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.209
- **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 75.330 — Face ventilation control devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.330
- **30 CFR 75.402 — Rock dusting.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.402
- **30 CFR 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **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 75.606 — Protection of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.606
- **30 CFR 75.1403-7 — Criteria—Mantrips.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403-7
- **30 CFR 75.1403-8 — Criteria—Track haulage roads.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403-8

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 22 rows; 2001-05-03 through 2002-01-28; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2002-04-25 through 2002-04-25; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 158 rows; 2001-02-21 through 2002-01-28; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 118 rows; 2001-04-16 through 2002-01-31; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2002-04-10 through 2002-04-10; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 71 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 15 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2000-02-01 through 2001-04-23; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 29 rows; 2000-03-15 through 2002-06-10; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 18 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`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 14 rows; 2001-05-30 through 2002-01-24; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 165 rows; 2001-02-21 through 2002-01-28; 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/hignite-4-1518235`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/hignite-4-1518235`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518235/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518235/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518235/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`