# Connor Coal Company Inc. Mine # 2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518316
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Connor Coal Company Inc.
- **Controller:** Jeremy C  Bryant
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,096
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jeremy C  Bryant (0116221) → Connor Coal Company Inc. (0136573) → Connor Coal Company Inc. Mine # 2 (1518316)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Billy Ray  Preece → Saul Enterprises Inc:** 2001-01-01 through 2004-04-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518316; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jerry D  Boyd → Taylor Mining, LTD:** 2004-04-07 through 2005-11-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518316; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Meral  Williams et al → James H. Taylor Mining, Inc.:** 2005-11-03 through 2006-03-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518316; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Stevin R  Staten → Braxton Coal Inc:** 2006-03-15 through 2007-02-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518316; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pat R  Childers et al → General Mining LLC:** 2007-02-12 through 2008-02-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518316; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rodney A  Robinson et al → General Mining LLC:** 2007-02-12 through 2008-02-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518316; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Meral  Williams → Braxton Coal Inc:** 2007-02-26 through 2007-02-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518316; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Everett D  Hampton → White Star Mining:** 2008-02-04 through 2014-05-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518316; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Nathan  Bentley → KRD Coal Inc:** 2014-05-12 through 2015-05-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518316; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeremy C  Bryant → Connor Coal Company Inc.:** 2015-05-19 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518316; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 27
- 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: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 4 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 23 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 2 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 568 violation rows across the full record; 225 carry an S&S flag and $149,229 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 308 samples:** Occupational health samples 255 coal dust; 15 coal quartz; 38 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — 12K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 5K employee hours and 11 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 52 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 26 contested-violation rows, 26 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 — 10 since 2021:** Inspections 99 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 75.1711-3 — Openings of active mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711-3
- **30 CFR 75.1712-1 — Availability of surface bathing facilities; change rooms; and sanitary facilities.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1712-1
- **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 75.512-2 — Frequency of examinations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512-2
- **30 CFR 49.12 — Availability of mine rescue teams.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-49/subpart-B/section-49.12
- **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
- **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 75.514 — Electrical connections or splices; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.514
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 77.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.904

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 4 rows; 2004-11-18 through 2010-09-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2015-05-14 through 2015-05-14; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 514 rows; 2001-02-07 through 2026-02-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 26 rows; 2011-12-02 through 2014-02-21; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 255 rows; 2001-07-26 through 2010-10-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 26 rows; 2009-01-15 through 2010-09-15; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 416 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 71 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 2001-01-01 through 2015-05-19; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 99 rows; 2001-01-25 through 2026-09-24; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 39 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 38 rows; 2004-09-16 through 2010-08-18; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 15 rows; 2001-11-07 through 2010-05-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 568 rows; 2001-02-07 through 2026-02-18; 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/connor-coal-company-inc-mine-2-1518316`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/connor-coal-company-inc-mine-2-1518316`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518316/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518316/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518316/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`