# Carr Creek #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518519
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knott, KY
- **Operator:** Halco Services LLC
- **Controller:** James C  Halcomb
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,305
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James C  Halcomb (0094173) → Halco Services LLC (0111326) → Carr Creek #1 (1518519)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James  Hylton → Hylton Industries, LLC:** 2002-02-13 through 2003-11-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518519; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Amanda  Halcomb → Carr Fork Development Inc:** 2003-11-04 through 2009-06-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518519; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Appalachian Energy Holdings LLC → C & S Operating LLC:** 2009-06-04 through 2010-02-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518519; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William B  Halcomb et al → Red Fox Energy LLC:** 2010-02-17 through 2010-06-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518519; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James N  Meek III et al → Red Fox Energy LLC:** 2010-02-17 through 2010-06-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518519; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Halcomb → Halco Services LLC:** 2010-06-28 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518519; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 16
- 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 2 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 70 violation rows across the full record; 17 carry an S&S flag and $7,517 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 84 samples:** Occupational health samples 51 coal dust; 33 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 6 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 3 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 38 inspection events and 789 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 48.28 — Annual refresher training of miners; minimum courses of instruction; hours of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.28
- **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 77.1110 — 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 77.1301 — Explosives; magazines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-N/section-77.1301
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **30 CFR 77.1001 — Stripping; loose material.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1001
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2005-02-10 through 2005-02-10; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2015-01-13 through 2015-01-13; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 70 rows; 2003-05-01 through 2011-08-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2012-11-28 through 2012-11-28; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 51 rows; 2003-03-20 through 2011-08-18; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 3 rows; 2011-03-01 through 2011-03-01; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 787 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 174 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2002-02-13 through 2010-06-28; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 38 rows; 2002-07-30 through 2014-06-13; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 55 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 33 rows; 2004-08-24 through 2011-08-18; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 70 rows; 2003-05-01 through 2011-08-11; 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/carr-creek-1-1518519`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/carr-creek-1-1518519`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518519/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518519/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518519/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`
