# Creech #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518249
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** Powell Mountain Coal Co., Inc
- **Controller:** Progress Energy Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,511
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Progress Energy Inc (C16016) → Powell Mountain Coal Co., Inc (P24575) → Creech #1 (1518249)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Florida Progress Corporation → Powell Mountain Coal Company Inc:** 2000-03-01 through 2000-11-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518249; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Progress Energy Inc → Powell Mountain Coal Co., Inc:** 2000-11-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518249; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 6
- 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 10 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 503 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 330 violation rows across the full record; 125 carry an S&S flag and $47,303 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 420 samples:** Occupational health samples 373 coal dust; 26 coal quartz; 21 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 4 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 2K employee hours and 5 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 53 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 7 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 46 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 87 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 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **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 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722
- **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 75.360 — 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 77.809 — Identification of circuit breakers and disconnecting switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-I/section-77.809
- **30 CFR 77.505 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.505
- **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
- **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 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.310 — Installation of main mine fans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.310

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 10 rows; 2000-11-01 through 2003-07-07; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2004-05-27 through 2004-05-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 307 rows; 2000-06-06 through 2004-03-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 7 rows; 2001-03-23 through 2004-05-13; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 373 rows; 2000-06-08 through 2004-03-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 46 rows; 2000-08-10 through 2004-04-12; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 214 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 30 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2000-03-01 through 2000-11-30; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 87 rows; 2000-06-05 through 2005-04-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 45 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 21 rows; 2000-12-19 through 2004-01-21; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 26 rows; 2000-06-08 through 2004-02-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 330 rows; 2000-06-06 through 2004-03-04; 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/creech-1-1518249`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/creech-1-1518249`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518249/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518249/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518249/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`