# South Akers Mining #8

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518333
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** South Akers Mining Llc
- **Controller:** Harold E  Akers; Jim D  Akers
- **Public source rows linked:** 598
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Harold E  Akers; Jim D  Akers (C02535) → South Akers Mining Llc (P22951) → South Akers Mining #8 (1518333)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Harold E  Akers et al → South Akers Mining Llc:** 2001-02-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518333; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jim D  Akers et al → South Akers Mining Llc:** 2001-02-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518333; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 4
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 141 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 119 violation rows across the full record; 44 carry an S&S flag and $11,654 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 244 samples:** Occupational health samples 211 coal dust; 17 coal quartz; 16 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 — 5 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 5 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 59 inspection events and 1K 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 75.606 — Protection of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.606
- **30 CFR 75.511 — Low-, medium-, or high-voltage distribution circuits and equipment; repair.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.511
- **30 CFR 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604
- **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 75.515 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.515
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2
- **30 CFR 75.601 — Short circuit protection of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.601
- **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 75.523 — Electric face equipment; deenergization.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2001-12-06 through 2001-12-06; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2004-02-19 through 2004-02-19; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 119 rows; 2001-03-05 through 2003-11-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 211 rows; 2001-03-15 through 2003-12-06; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 5 rows; 2001-04-25 through 2003-10-15; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2001-02-01 through 2001-02-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 59 rows; 2001-02-16 through 2004-01-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 38 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 16 rows; 2001-09-10 through 2003-05-20; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 17 rows; 2001-05-01 through 2003-07-24; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 119 rows; 2001-03-05 through 2003-11-04; 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/south-akers-mining-8-1518333`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/south-akers-mining-8-1518333`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518333/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518333/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518333/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`