# Motts Branch #16

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518324
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Floyd, KY
- **Operator:** Knott Floyd Land Company
- **Controller:** M Lynn  Parrish
- **Public source rows linked:** 963
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**M Lynn  Parrish (C05822) → Knott Floyd Land Company (P23917) → Motts Branch #16 (1518324)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Jeff  Joyce → Knott Floyd Land Company:** 2001-01-01 through 2004-07-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518324; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **M Lynn  Parrish → Knott Floyd Land Company:** 2004-07-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518324; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 5
- 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 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 212 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 66 violation rows across the full record; 34 carry an S&S flag and $7,341 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 69 samples:** Occupational health samples 43 coal dust; 26 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 49 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 28 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 21 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 24 inspection events and 407 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 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 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2001-08-30 through 2003-06-17; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2004-04-06 through 2004-04-06; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 66 rows; 2001-02-01 through 2004-03-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 28 rows; 2001-09-27 through 2004-02-13; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 43 rows; 2001-03-15 through 2003-12-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 21 rows; 2001-03-06 through 2002-09-09; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 555 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 109 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2001-01-01 through 2001-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 24 rows; 2001-02-01 through 2004-06-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 26 rows; 2001-02-08 through 2002-11-20; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 66 rows; 2001-02-01 through 2004-03-04; 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/motts-branch-16-1518324`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/motts-branch-16-1518324`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518324/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518324/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518324/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`