# Mine # 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518419
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Perry, KY
- **Operator:** Motivation Enterprise Inc.
- **Controller:** Harold K  Simpson
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,637
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Harold K  Simpson (C09689) → Motivation Enterprise Inc. (0052678) → Mine # 1 (1518419)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Harold K  Simpson → Simpson Mining Company Inc:** 2001-08-01 through 2004-02-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518419; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Harold K  Simpson → Simpco Enterprises Corporation:** 2004-02-13 through 2004-02-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518419; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Harold K  Simpson → Simpson Mining Company Inc.:** 2004-02-18 through 2004-02-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518419; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles  Johnson → Cumberland Gap Contracting Inc.:** 2004-02-23 through 2004-06-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518419; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Harold K  Simpson → Motivation Enterprise Inc.:** 2004-06-07 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518419; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 14
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 30 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 565 violation rows across the full record; 207 carry an S&S flag and $148,709 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 378 samples:** Occupational health samples 337 coal dust; 20 coal quartz; 21 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 — 15K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 2K employee hours and 13 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 27 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 23 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 55 inspection events and 2K 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 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **30 CFR 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 75.1403-5 — Criteria—Belt conveyors.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403-5
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **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 75.517 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2003-01-24 through 2005-11-01; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-01-10 through 2014-01-10; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 546 rows; 2001-08-30 through 2006-08-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2006-12-15 through 2006-12-15; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 337 rows; 2002-06-24 through 2006-03-31; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 23 rows; 2004-05-11 through 2006-05-23; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2006-03-06 through 2006-03-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 35 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2001-08-01 through 2004-06-07; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 55 rows; 2001-08-30 through 2006-08-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 6 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:** 21 rows; 2002-09-11 through 2005-06-24; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 20 rows; 2002-08-21 through 2006-03-02; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 565 rows; 2001-08-30 through 2006-08-07; 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/mine-1-1518419`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-1-1518419`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518419/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518419/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518419/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`