# Sandlick No. 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518481
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Letcher, KY
- **Operator:** Tero-Therm Inc
- **Controller:** Spark Capital LLC; Greg  Boggs; Michael  Zienkovicz; Imran  Firoz
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,664
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Spark Capital LLC; Greg  Boggs; Michael  Zienkovicz; Imran  Firoz (0147281) → Tero-Therm Inc (0163173) → Sandlick No. 1 (1518481)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Roy  Parsons → Kipar, Inc.:** 2001-11-27 through 2004-01-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David  Hogg et al → Kannan Mining Co., Inc.:** 2004-01-20 through 2004-02-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Roy  Parsons → Kipar Inc:** 2004-02-27 through 2004-07-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cindy A  Stewart → Jane Coal Inc:** 2004-07-06 through 2006-10-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James M  Davidson Jr → Davidson Mining & Excavation LLC:** 2006-10-20 through 2011-08-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Erik  Addington et al → Red Bush Coal, LLC:** 2011-08-09 through 2012-09-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **A Bruce  Addington et al → Red Bush Coal, LLC:** 2011-08-09 through 2012-09-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Halcomb → Halco Services, LLC:** 2012-09-26 through 2017-12-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Shannon  Burnett et al → SF Contracting LLC:** 2017-12-14 through 2019-04-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charlie  Slykhuis et al → SF Contracting LLC:** 2017-12-14 through 2019-04-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Imran  Firoz et al → Tero-Therm Inc:** 2019-04-25 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Greg  Boggs et al → Tero-Therm Inc:** 2019-04-25 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Spark Capital LLC et al → Tero-Therm Inc:** 2019-04-25 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael  Zienkovicz et al → Tero-Therm Inc:** 2019-04-25 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518481; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 14
- Typed edges: 31
- 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 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 233 violation rows across the full record; 54 carry an S&S flag and $26,950 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 237 samples:** Occupational health samples 162 coal dust; 8 coal quartz; 67 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 10 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 — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 7 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 — 6 since 2021:** Inspections 84 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 71.206 — Quarterly sampling; designated work positions.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.206
- **30 CFR 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **30 CFR 48.23 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23
- **30 CFR 71.209 — Status change reports.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.209
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **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:** 1 rows; 2003-06-09 through 2003-06-09; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-10-31 through 2024-10-31; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 229 rows; 2002-08-13 through 2019-01-15; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 162 rows; 2002-08-13 through 2019-02-04; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2012-04-20 through 2012-04-20; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 613 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 110 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 14 rows; 2001-11-27 through 2019-04-25; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 84 rows; 2002-02-01 through 2023-11-17; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 118 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 21 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 67 rows; 2002-08-13 through 2018-05-22; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 8 rows; 2004-10-06 through 2018-03-09; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 233 rows; 2002-08-13 through 2019-02-01; 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/sandlick-no-1-1518481`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/sandlick-no-1-1518481`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518481/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518481/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518481/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`