# Christy Lynn Mine - **MSHA mine ID:** 1518486 - **Status:** Abandoned - **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous) - **Location:** Harlan, KY - **Operator:** Black Creek Mining LLC - **Controller:** Travis Fontaine - **Public source rows linked:** 106 - **Source coverage:** 12 / 20 - **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z ## Current entity hierarchy **Travis Fontaine (0065289) → Black Creek Mining LLC (0077783) → Christy Lynn Mine (1518486)** Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim. ## Controller and operator valid-time history - **Elmer Kincaid Jr → Kincaid Mining Co. Inc.:** 2001-12-01 through 2007-01-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518486; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Travis Fontaine → Black Creek Mining LLC:** 2007-01-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518486; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - History rows: 2 - Typed edges: 6 - 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 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 42 lost days across the published record. 2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 18 violation rows across the full record; 11 carry an S&S flag and $10,739 appears in current assessed amounts. 3. **HEALTH — 21 samples:** Occupational health samples 18 coal dust; 3 coal quartz. 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter. 5. **LEGAL — 6 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 6 conference records linked by issuance number. 6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 12 inspection events and 339 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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605 - **30 CFR 75.800-3 — Testing, examination and maintenance of circuit breakers; procedures.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-I/section-75.800-3 - **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502 - **30 CFR 75.803 — Fail safe ground check circuits on high-voltage resistance grounded systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-I/section-75.803 - **30 CFR 75.800 — High-voltage circuits; circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-I/section-75.800 - **30 CFR 48.6 — Experienced miner training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-A/section-48.6 - **30 CFR 75.325 — Air quantity.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.325 - **30 CFR 75.508 — Map of electrical system.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.508 - **30 CFR 75.516-2 — Communication wires and cables; installation; insulation; support.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.516-2 ## Source coverage - **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2001-12-05 through 2002-05-22; source ID `msha-accidents` - **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2007-04-26 through 2007-04-26; source ID `msha-addresses` - **Assessed Violations:** 15 rows; 2002-02-19 through 2007-03-16; source ID `msha-assessed-violations` - **Coal Dust Samples:** 18 rows; 2002-04-22 through 2002-06-29; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples` - **Conferences:** 6 rows; 2007-05-14 through 2007-06-12; source ID `msha-conferences` - **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2001-12-01 through 2007-01-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history` - **Inspections:** 12 rows; 2002-01-07 through 2007-04-02; source ID `msha-inspections` - **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 22 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly` - **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly` - **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines` - **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 3 rows; 2002-06-18 through 2002-06-18; source ID `msha-quartz-samples` - **Violations:** 18 rows; 2002-02-19 through 2007-04-02; 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/christy-lynn-mine-1518486` - JSON: `/api/v1/mines/christy-lynn-mine-1518486` - Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518486/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows) - Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518486/relationships` - MCP resource: `mine://1518486/assessment` - Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`