# Right Fork Splint

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518423
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** 101 Coal, Inc.
- **Controller:** Thorberg Collectorate Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,969
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Thorberg Collectorate Inc (0194980) → 101 Coal, Inc. (0202513) → Right Fork Splint (1518423)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Goddess Coal Corp LLC → New Horizons Coal Inc:** 2001-08-01 through 2005-08-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518423; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Coalgood Energy Co:** 2005-08-09 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518423; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Coalgood Energy Co:** 2011-06-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518423; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Coalgood Energy Co:** 2016-07-26 through 2017-02-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518423; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Tim B  Lusby → JRL Coal Inc:** 2017-02-10 through 2019-10-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518423; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John T  Quintrell → Civil, LLC:** 2019-10-15 through 2020-02-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518423; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Tim B  Lusby → JRL Coal, INC.:** 2020-02-27 through 2025-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518423; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **George  Hillyer → 101 Coal, Inc.:** 2025-04-30 through 2025-07-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518423; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thorberg Collectorate Inc → 101 Coal, Inc.:** 2025-07-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518423; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 23
- 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 — 2 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 24 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 324 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 67 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 325 violation rows across the full record; 48 carry an S&S flag and $70,533 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 586 samples:** Occupational health samples 376 coal dust; 48 coal quartz; 162 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 3K employee hours and 7 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 30 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 11 contested-violation rows, 12 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 7 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 17 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 — 33 since 2021:** Inspections 99 inspection events and 4K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 128,534 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 76,856
- **Average employees:** 37
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 77.604 — Protection of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-G/section-77.604
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (4 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.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 24 rows; 2002-06-06 through 2022-11-09; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-01-15 through 2026-01-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 321 rows; 2001-09-14 through 2025-10-16; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 12 rows; 2003-05-14 through 2022-12-09; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 376 rows; 2002-02-13 through 2025-10-06; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 7 rows; 2010-03-22 through 2026-03-26; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 11 rows; 2010-02-18 through 2021-11-01; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,937 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 388 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 2001-08-01 through 2025-04-30; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 99 rows; 2001-09-11 through 2026-09-30; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 205 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 43 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 162 rows; 2004-04-21 through 2025-10-06; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 48 rows; 2004-04-21 through 2025-02-21; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 325 rows; 2001-09-14 through 2025-10-16; 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/right-fork-splint-1518423`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/right-fork-splint-1518423`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518423/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518423/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518423/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`