# #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518594
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knott, KY
- **Operator:** Inner Mountain Mining Inc
- **Controller:** George Chris  Waugh
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,007
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**George Chris  Waugh (0078613) → Inner Mountain Mining Inc (0093485) → #1 (1518594)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Charles A  Ratliff et al → Murriel-Don Coal Inc.:** 2003-01-17 through 2007-03-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518594; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rowland  Goble  et al → Murriel-Don Coal Inc.:** 2003-01-17 through 2007-03-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518594; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Murriell James Ray → Murriel-Don Coal Inc.:** 2003-01-17 through 2003-01-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518594; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Randy  Gilkerson et al → Ember Contracting Inc.:** 2007-03-27 through 2008-08-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518594; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **George Chris  Waugh → Inner Mountain Mining Inc:** 2008-08-15 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518594; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 12
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 11 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,064 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 992 violation rows across the full record; 359 carry an S&S flag and $528,844 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 472 samples:** Occupational health samples 428 coal dust; 17 coal quartz; 27 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 17K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 10K employee hours and 21 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 429 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 202 contested-violation rows, 202 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 25 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 50 inspection events and 4K 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 75.312 — Main mine fan examinations and records.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.312
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.320 — Air quality detectors and measurement devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.320
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **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 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 11 rows; 2003-06-28 through 2007-10-23; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2009-08-26 through 2009-08-26; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 956 rows; 2003-02-19 through 2009-08-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 202 rows; 2005-09-27 through 2011-11-04; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 428 rows; 2003-03-03 through 2009-06-29; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 25 rows; 2008-04-01 through 2008-10-31; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 202 rows; 2004-05-24 through 2009-03-02; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2003-01-17 through 2008-08-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 50 rows; 2003-02-05 through 2009-07-14; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 72 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 27 rows; 2003-09-09 through 2009-06-04; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 17 rows; 2003-05-09 through 2009-03-17; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 992 rows; 2003-02-19 through 2009-08-17; 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/1-1518594`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1-1518594`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518594/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518594/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518594/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`