# 3C

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518313
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** A B & J Coal Co. Inc.
- **Controller:** Susie A  Smith; Elmer  Fuller
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,357
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Susie A  Smith; Elmer  Fuller (C07671) → A B & J Coal Co. Inc. (P22943) → 3C (1518313)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Donn A  Chickering → Branham & Baker Underground Corp:** 2000-12-01 through 2001-04-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518313; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Danny  Justice → Dags Branch Coal Company Inc:** 2001-04-05 through 2001-10-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518313; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Elmer  Fuller et al → A B & J Coal Co. Inc.:** 2001-10-03 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518313; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Susie A  Smith et al → A B & J Coal Co. Inc.:** 2001-10-03 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518313; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L  Griffith → Dags Branch Coal Company Inc:** 2004-07-01 through 2001-10-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518313; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Herbert R  Hamilton et al → Dags Branch Coal Company Inc:** 2015-01-01 through 2001-10-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518313; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L  Griffith et al → Dags Branch Coal Company Inc:** 2015-01-01 through 2001-10-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518313; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L  Griffith → Dags Branch Coal Company Inc:** 2016-05-26 through 2001-10-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518313; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 17
- Interval anomalies: 4
- 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 16 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 302 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 264 violation rows across the full record; 89 carry an S&S flag and $34,538 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 612 samples:** Occupational health samples 524 coal dust; 43 coal quartz; 45 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 8 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 — 34 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 3 contested-violation rows, 4 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 27 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 83 inspection events and 3K 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 75.370 — 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 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **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 75.503 — 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 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **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 75.523-3 — 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 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.1714 — Availability of approved self-rescue devices; instruction in use and location.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714
- **30 CFR 75.206 — Conventional roof support.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.206

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 16 rows; 2001-05-16 through 2006-10-03; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2008-08-19 through 2008-08-19; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 256 rows; 2001-05-21 through 2007-12-03; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 4 rows; 2004-10-20 through 2005-06-16; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 524 rows; 2001-06-14 through 2007-10-23; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 27 rows; 2001-06-18 through 2007-12-07; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 3 rows; 2004-04-20 through 2004-07-08; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 5 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:** 8 rows; 2000-12-01 through 2001-10-03; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 83 rows; 2001-02-05 through 2008-01-03; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 59 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 15 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 45 rows; 2002-01-14 through 2007-10-22; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 43 rows; 2001-07-10 through 2007-10-22; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 264 rows; 2001-05-21 through 2007-12-03; 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/3c-1518313`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3c-1518313`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518313/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518313/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518313/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`