# Polly Surface

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518308
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Letcher, KY
- **Operator:** Coal Extraction LLC
- **Controller:** Kenneth L  Stacy
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,096
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Kenneth L  Stacy (C13340) → Coal Extraction LLC (0052377) → Polly Surface (1518308)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Randy A  Cook et al → Sapphire Mining Inc:** 2000-12-01 through 2004-04-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518308; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael K  Cook et al → Sapphire Mining Inc:** 2000-12-01 through 2004-04-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518308; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth L  Stacy → Coal Extraction LLC:** 2004-04-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518308; 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 4 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 286 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 160 violation rows across the full record; 57 carry an S&S flag and $37,644 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 186 samples:** Occupational health samples 161 coal dust; 12 coal quartz; 13 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 5 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 — 8K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 10K employee hours and 20 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 34 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 34 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 7 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 36 inspection events and 704 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 48.31 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 77.1112 — Welding, cutting, or soldering with arc or flame; safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1112
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 71.101 — [Reserved]** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-B/section-71.101
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **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 77.1104 — 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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 4 rows; 2002-06-11 through 2003-09-25; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2008-04-02 through 2008-04-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 157 rows; 2001-03-09 through 2004-06-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 34 rows; 2001-09-24 through 2003-03-27; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 161 rows; 2001-03-23 through 2004-07-27; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 379 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 107 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2000-12-01 through 2004-04-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 36 rows; 2001-03-06 through 2005-03-18; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 23 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 13 rows; 2001-07-16 through 2003-09-03; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 12 rows; 2001-03-23 through 2004-02-04; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 160 rows; 2001-03-09 through 2004-06-14; 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/polly-surface-1518308`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/polly-surface-1518308`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518308/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518308/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518308/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`