# Kentucky River Surface Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518525
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Breathitt, KY
- **Operator:** Kentucky Fuel Corporation
- **Controller:** James C  Justice III
- **Public source rows linked:** 314
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James C  Justice III (0171761) → Kentucky Fuel Corporation (0059863) → Kentucky River Surface Mine (1518525)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Terrance D  Strong → Strong Brother's Mining:** 2002-02-21 through 2005-05-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518525; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Kentucky Fuel Corporation:** 2005-05-16 through 2017-04-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518525; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice lll et al → Kentucky Fuel Corporation:** 2017-04-14 through 2022-09-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518525; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jillean L  Justice et al → Kentucky Fuel Corporation:** 2017-04-14 through 2022-09-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518525; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice III → Kentucky Fuel Corporation:** 2022-09-14 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518525; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 11
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 9 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 31 violation rows across the full record; 10 carry an S&S flag and $3,517 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 17 samples:** Occupational health samples 12 coal dust; 1 coal quartz; 4 noise. 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 — 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 20 inspection events and 456 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.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (3 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; 2010-11-11 through 2010-11-11; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-07-18 through 2016-07-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 30 rows; 2005-07-12 through 2014-07-01; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 12 rows; 2005-07-07 through 2011-02-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 170 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 34 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2002-02-21 through 2005-05-16; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 20 rows; 2002-10-02 through 2016-03-21; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 4 rows; 2011-02-08 through 2011-02-08; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1 rows; 2011-02-08 through 2011-02-08; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 31 rows; 2005-07-12 through 2014-07-10; 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/kentucky-river-surface-mine-1518525`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/kentucky-river-surface-mine-1518525`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518525/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518525/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518525/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`