# Cindas Creek No. 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518523
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Morgan, KY
- **Operator:** Pond Creek Energy, Inc.
- **Controller:** Fred  Runyon Jr
- **Public source rows linked:** 470
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Fred  Runyon Jr (0040496) → Pond Creek Energy, Inc. (0050043) → Cindas Creek No. 1 (1518523)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Tommy L  McKenzie et al → R & T Coal Co., Inc.:** 2002-02-20 through 2002-08-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518523; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Russell J  Honeycutt et al → R & T Coal Co., Inc.:** 2002-02-20 through 2002-08-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518523; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Fred  Runyon Jr → Pond Creek Energy, Inc.:** 2002-08-29 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518523; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- 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 355 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 35 violation rows across the full record; 11 carry an S&S flag and $2,297 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 39 samples:** Occupational health samples 33 coal dust; 6 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 26 inspection events and 428 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 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2
- **30 CFR 75.514 — Electrical connections or splices; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.514
- **30 CFR 75.402 — Rock dusting.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.402
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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
- **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 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2004-01-16 through 2004-01-16; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2004-12-20 through 2004-12-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 33 rows; 2002-09-23 through 2004-02-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 33 rows; 2003-11-26 through 2004-01-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 288 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 43 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2002-02-20 through 2002-08-29; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 26 rows; 2002-02-26 through 2004-12-20; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 6 rows; 2003-11-26 through 2003-12-22; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 35 rows; 2002-09-23 through 2004-02-10; 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/cindas-creek-no-1-1518523`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/cindas-creek-no-1-1518523`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518523/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518523/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518523/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`