# #5

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518505
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knott, KY
- **Operator:** Murriel Don Coal, Inc.
- **Controller:** Rowland  Goble; Charles A  Ratliff
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,813
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Rowland  Goble; Charles A  Ratliff (0041649) → Murriel Don Coal, Inc. (P22855) → #5 (1518505)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **CONSOL Energy Inc → Consol of Kentucky Inc:** 2002-01-23 through 2006-03-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518505; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles A  Ratliff et al → Murriel Don Coal, Inc.:** 2006-03-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518505; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rowland  Goble  et al → Murriel Don Coal, Inc.:** 2006-03-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518505; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Murriell James Ray → Murriel Don Coal, Inc.:** 2006-03-23 through 2003-01-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518505; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 9
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 38 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,250 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 601 violation rows across the full record; 211 carry an S&S flag and $150,292 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 565 samples:** Occupational health samples 487 coal dust; 42 coal quartz; 36 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — 41K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 15K employee hours and 31 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 24 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 3 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 18 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 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 76 inspection events and 4K 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 75.330 — Face ventilation control devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.330
- **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 77.1605 — 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 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **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 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.1107-4 — Automatic fire sensors and manual actuators; installation; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-4

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 38 rows; 2002-05-14 through 2007-06-14; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2008-02-28 through 2008-02-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 583 rows; 2002-04-16 through 2007-11-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2005-06-30 through 2008-07-03; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 487 rows; 2002-07-19 through 2007-12-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 18 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2005-07-13; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 3 rows; 2004-06-07 through 2006-01-09; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 682 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 167 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2002-01-23 through 2006-03-23; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 76 rows; 2002-03-06 through 2007-10-17; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 60 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 36 rows; 2002-09-24 through 2007-11-27; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 42 rows; 2002-09-24 through 2007-08-29; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 601 rows; 2002-04-16 through 2007-11-29; 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/5-1518505`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/5-1518505`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518505/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518505/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518505/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`