# K-3

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518277
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** Harlan Cumberland Coal Company, LLC
- **Controller:** Joseph T  Bennett
- **Public source rows linked:** 5,202
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Joseph T  Bennett (C15915) → Harlan Cumberland Coal Company, LLC (P00008) → K-3 (1518277)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Clayton V  Roberts → Natural Land Company Inc:** 2000-09-01 through 2000-10-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518277; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jackie (Mitch)  Fannin Et Al → Tricoal Inc:** 2000-10-24 through 2001-08-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518277; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jack  Stump Et Al → Tricoal Inc:** 2000-10-24 through 2001-08-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518277; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Tom  Roberts et al → Northpoint Resources Llc:** 2001-08-24 through 2002-03-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518277; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joseph T  Bennett  et al → Harlan Cumberland Coal Company LLC:** 2002-03-08 through 2014-08-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518277; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Teresa  Fleming et al → Yellow Rose Coal Co. LLC:** 2014-08-18 through 2018-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518277; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Randall  Fleming et al → Yellow Rose Coal Co. LLC:** 2014-08-18 through 2018-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518277; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joseph T  Bennett  et al → Harlan Cumberland Coal Company, LLC:** 2018-04-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518277; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 19
- 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 60 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2,128 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 1 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 937 violation rows across the full record; 269 carry an S&S flag and $195,579 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,497 coal dust; 99 coal quartz; 140 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 20 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 899 employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 610 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 265 contested-violation rows, 289 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 56 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 11 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 — 22 since 2021:** Inspections 196 inspection events and 11K 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.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **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:** 60 rows; 2001-01-31 through 2017-06-08; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-02-06 through 2024-02-06; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 911 rows; 2000-11-15 through 2020-06-30; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 289 rows; 2003-07-10 through 2018-07-09; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,497 rows; 2000-12-13 through 2018-03-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 56 rows; 2000-12-14 through 2020-11-06; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 265 rows; 2004-02-17 through 2018-01-24; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 449 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 106 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 2000-09-01 through 2018-04-30; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 196 rows; 2000-09-27 through 2026-09-14; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 147 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 40 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 140 rows; 2001-06-19 through 2018-01-11; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 99 rows; 2001-03-20 through 2018-01-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 937 rows; 2000-11-15 through 2021-01-27; 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/k-3-1518277`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/k-3-1518277`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518277/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518277/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518277/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`