# Cawood Mine #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518264
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** Black Fire Energy, Inc.
- **Controller:** Debra R  Mugumya
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,321
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Debra R  Mugumya (0104395) → Black Fire Energy, Inc. (0120752) → Cawood Mine #1 (1518264)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **David C  Audas → Little Creek Venture Llc:** 2000-06-01 through 2001-08-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518264; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Darrell  Haynes → Matt Mining Inc:** 2001-08-03 through 2002-02-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518264; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Larry E  Wright → Solid Fuel Energy LTD:** 2002-02-28 through 2002-10-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518264; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bruce  Kinder Et Al → Turkey Creek Energy LLC:** 2002-10-28 through 2003-10-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518264; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wendy  Helton → New Phase Mining LLC:** 2003-10-22 through 2005-03-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518264; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Randy  Hensley → Randy-D, LLC:** 2005-03-09 through 2008-09-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518264; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jimmy D  Robbins → Cawood Enterprises LLC:** 2008-09-16 through 2012-05-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518264; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Debra R  Mugumya → Black Fire Energy, Inc.:** 2012-05-14 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518264; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eddie  Lawson → Black Fire Energy, Inc.:** 2012-05-14 through 2012-05-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518264; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 26
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 15 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 725 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,259 violation rows across the full record; 600 carry an S&S flag and $814,395 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 550 samples:** Occupational health samples 469 coal dust; 34 coal quartz; 47 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 3 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 — 128 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 59 contested-violation rows, 59 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 10 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 116 inspection events and 5K 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 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 75.1711-2 — Sealing of slope or drift openings.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711-2
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.518 — Electric equipment and circuits; overload and short circuit protection.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.518
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.1107-3 — Fire suppression devices; approved components; installation requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-3
- **30 CFR 75.523-1 — Deenergization of self-propelled electric face equipment installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-1
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 15 rows; 2003-07-14 through 2010-05-14; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-08-15 through 2016-08-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,152 rows; 2001-02-20 through 2013-06-19; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 59 rows; 2011-05-10 through 2012-10-05; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 469 rows; 2003-01-16 through 2010-04-10; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 10 rows; 2003-01-27 through 2010-01-26; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 59 rows; 2009-08-11 through 2010-03-26; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 3 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 2000-06-01 through 2012-05-14; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 116 rows; 2000-09-12 through 2016-08-10; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 57 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 47 rows; 2003-01-22 through 2010-03-26; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 34 rows; 2003-01-16 through 2010-03-26; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,259 rows; 2001-02-20 through 2014-03-12; 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/cawood-mine-1-1518264`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/cawood-mine-1-1518264`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518264/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518264/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518264/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`