# No. 2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518548
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Lawrence, KY
- **Operator:** R & T Coal Co. Inc.
- **Controller:** Russell J  Honeycutt; Tommy L  McKenzie
- **Public source rows linked:** 314
- **Source coverage:** 10 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Russell J  Honeycutt; Tommy L  McKenzie (0040779) → R & T Coal Co. Inc. (0050395) → No. 2 (1518548)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Bobby  Blackburn → Sundance Mining Inc.:** 2002-06-11 through 2003-04-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518548; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Russell J  Honeycutt et al → R & T Coal Co. Inc.:** 2003-04-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518548; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Tommy L  McKenzie et al → R & T Coal Co. Inc.:** 2003-04-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518548; 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 106 violation rows across the full record; 51 carry an S&S flag and $11,328 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 71 samples:** Occupational health samples 64 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 5 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 4 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 — 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 — 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 28 inspection events and 716 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 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 75.1714-2 — Self-rescue devices; use and location requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-2
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 75.362 — On-shift examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.362
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **30 CFR 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722
- **30 CFR 75.1403-10 — Criteria—Haulage; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403-10

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2005-06-07 through 2005-06-07; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 103 rows; 2002-06-12 through 2004-08-17; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 64 rows; 2002-08-14 through 2004-09-03; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2002-06-11 through 2003-04-02; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 28 rows; 2002-06-12 through 2005-03-04; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 5 rows; 2004-06-15 through 2004-06-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2004-01-22 through 2004-05-18; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 106 rows; 2002-06-12 through 2004-09-13; 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/no-2-1518548`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-2-1518548`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518548/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518548/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518548/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`
