# Mine #7

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518252
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Carbon River Coal Corp
- **Controller:** Ricky D  Kirk; Jerry  Wells Jr
- **Public source rows linked:** 66
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ricky D  Kirk; Jerry  Wells Jr (C13425) → Carbon River Coal Corp (P21938) → Mine #7 (1518252)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Jerry  Bentley et al → Simp-A-Lex Inc:** 2000-04-01 through 2000-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ricky D  Kirk  et al → Carbon River Coal Corp:** 2000-11-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jerry  Wells Jr  et al → Carbon River Coal Corp:** 2000-11-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- 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 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 100 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 17 violation rows across the full record; 11 carry an S&S flag and $1,393 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 3 samples:** Occupational health samples 3 coal dust. 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 — 11 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 11 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 6 inspection events and 105 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 77.404 — 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 77.504 — Electrical connections or splices; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.504
- **30 CFR 77.1503 — Augering equipment; overhead protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-P/section-77.1503
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.1005 — Scaling highwalls; general.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1005
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **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 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.207 — Illumination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.207
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.1501 — Auger mining; inspections.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-P/section-77.1501

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2000-06-13 through 2000-06-28; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2001-03-06 through 2001-03-06; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 17 rows; 2000-05-25 through 2000-06-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 11 rows; 2000-10-30 through 2001-04-13; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 3 rows; 2000-07-15 through 2000-07-15; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2000-04-01 through 2000-11-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 6 rows; 2000-05-25 through 2000-10-02; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Violations:** 17 rows; 2000-05-25 through 2000-06-29; 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/mine-7-1518252`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-7-1518252`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518252/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518252/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518252/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`