# Mine No. 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518436
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Ranger Contracting
- **Controller:** Rondall  Reed
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,917
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Rondall  Reed (C16040) → Ranger Contracting (P24620) → Mine No. 1 (1518436)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **TECO Energy Inc → Premier Elkhorn Coal Company:** 2001-09-01 through 2001-10-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518436; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bill  Robinson et al → Kay & Kay Contracting, LLC:** 2001-10-09 through 2001-12-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518436; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ron  Pfaff et al → Kay & Kay Contracting, LLC:** 2001-10-09 through 2001-12-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518436; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Harold E  Akers et al → South Akers Mining, LLC:** 2001-12-18 through 2013-07-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518436; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jim D  Akers et al → South Akers Mining, LLC:** 2001-12-18 through 2013-07-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518436; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rondall  Reed → Ranger Contracting:** 2013-07-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518436; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James H  Booth et al → Premier Elkhorn Coal Company:** 2015-09-21 through 2001-10-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518436; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Mark  Campbell → Premier Elkhorn Coal Company:** 2019-06-16 through 2001-10-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518436; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 18
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 11 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 228 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 552 violation rows across the full record; 155 carry an S&S flag and $152,042 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1K samples:** Occupational health samples 834 coal dust; 106 coal quartz; 83 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 20 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 975 employee hours and 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 260 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 104 contested-violation rows, 104 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 52 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 6 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 138 inspection events and 7K 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 75.1711 — 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 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 75.507-1 — Electric equipment other than power-connection points; outby the last open crosscut; return air; permissibility requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.507-1
- **30 CFR 75.1100-1 — Type and quality of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-1
- **30 CFR 75.1104 — Underground storage, lubricating oil and grease.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1104
- **30 CFR 77.516 — Electric wiring and equipment; installation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.516
- **30 CFR 75.701 — Grounding metallic frames, casings, and other enclosures of electric equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-H/section-75.701
- **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 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 11 rows; 2010-01-26 through 2011-10-19; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-09-18 through 2013-09-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 533 rows; 2002-06-10 through 2013-07-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 104 rows; 2005-03-15 through 2015-07-22; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 834 rows; 2002-07-08 through 2013-02-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 52 rows; 2002-11-15 through 2013-02-26; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 104 rows; 2004-11-15 through 2012-12-05; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 199 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 31 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 2001-09-01 through 2013-07-18; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 138 rows; 2001-12-03 through 2013-07-11; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 134 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 26 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 83 rows; 2002-06-20 through 2012-12-12; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 106 rows; 2002-07-16 through 2013-01-30; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 552 rows; 2002-06-10 through 2013-07-11; 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-no-1-1518436`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-1-1518436`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518436/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518436/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518436/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`