# No 12

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518581
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Floyd, KY
- **Operator:** North Star Mining, Inc.
- **Controller:** Carl  Kirk
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,721
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Carl  Kirk (C05558) → North Star Mining, Inc. (P23909) → No 12 (1518581)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Carl  Kirk et al → North Star Mining, Inc.:** 1998-02-19 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518581; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 1
- Typed edges: 3
- 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 25 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,287 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 392 violation rows across the full record; 151 carry an S&S flag and $101,843 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 562 samples:** Occupational health samples 466 coal dust; 49 coal quartz; 47 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 5 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 — 2K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 3K employee hours and 14 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 97 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 7 contested-violation rows, 7 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 83 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 75 inspection events and 3K 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 50.10 — Immediate notification.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-B/section-50.10
- **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
- **30 CFR 75.203 — Mining methods.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.203
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **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 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **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 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 25 rows; 2004-02-28 through 2008-04-09; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2008-06-05 through 2008-06-05; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 387 rows; 2003-01-06 through 2008-04-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 7 rows; 2009-06-17 through 2010-11-03; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 466 rows; 2002-12-26 through 2008-04-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 83 rows; 2000-03-11 through 2008-05-28; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 7 rows; 2008-02-13 through 2008-04-10; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 80 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 1998-02-19 through 1998-02-19; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 75 rows; 2002-11-06 through 2008-04-10; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 63 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 19 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 47 rows; 2003-01-31 through 2008-03-20; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 49 rows; 2003-06-18 through 2008-03-20; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 392 rows; 2003-01-06 through 2008-04-10; 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/no-12-1518581`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-12-1518581`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518581/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518581/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518581/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`