# Dusty Fork Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518348
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knox, KY
- **Operator:** F & G Resourses LLC
- **Controller:** Mike  Fredrick; Robert C  Gregory Jr
- **Public source rows linked:** 892
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Mike  Fredrick; Robert C  Gregory Jr (0068111) → F & G Resourses LLC (0080926) → Dusty Fork Mine (1518348)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Robert  Noonan → Candle Ridge Mining Inc:** 2001-03-01 through 2002-04-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518348; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Anthony  Frederick et al → Associated Contracting, LLC:** 2002-05-01 through 2003-05-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518348; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rifle Coal Company et al → Associated Contracting, LLC:** 2002-05-01 through 2003-05-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518348; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Vicky  Risner et al → R & R  Contracting, Inc.:** 2003-05-13 through 2003-09-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518348; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Garth  Risner et al → R & R  Contracting, Inc.:** 2003-05-13 through 2003-09-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518348; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Garth  Risner Et Al → Tri Star Resources, Inc:** 2003-09-10 through 2005-05-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518348; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Adis  Younce Et Al → Tri Star Resources, Inc:** 2003-09-10 through 2005-05-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518348; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Kentucky Fuel Corporation:** 2005-05-13 through 2007-04-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518348; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert C  Gregory Jr  et al → F & G Resourses LLC:** 2007-04-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518348; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mike  Fredrick et al → F & G Resourses LLC:** 2007-04-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518348; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Kentucky Fuel Corporation:** 2017-04-14 through 2007-04-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518348; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Kentucky Fuel Corporation:** 2017-04-14 through 2007-04-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518348; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → Kentucky Fuel Corporation:** 2022-09-14 through 2007-04-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518348; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 13
- Typed edges: 27
- Interval anomalies: 3
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 73 violation rows across the full record; 46 carry an S&S flag and $13,795 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 90 samples:** Occupational health samples 47 coal dust; 4 coal quartz; 39 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 31 inspection events and 572 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 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 72.620 — Drill dust control at surface mines and surface areas of underground mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.620
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **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 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2007-10-29 through 2007-10-29; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 71 rows; 2002-03-28 through 2007-04-24; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 47 rows; 2002-03-28 through 2007-06-11; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 480 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 80 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 13 rows; 2001-03-01 through 2007-04-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 31 rows; 2001-08-22 through 2007-10-29; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 43 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:** 39 rows; 2003-08-19 through 2007-06-11; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 4 rows; 2004-02-09 through 2006-05-02; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 73 rows; 2002-03-28 through 2007-04-24; 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/dusty-fork-mine-1518348`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/dusty-fork-mine-1518348`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518348/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518348/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518348/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`