# Red Bird Coal #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518595
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knott, KY
- **Operator:** Red Bird Coal LLC
- **Controller:** Stewart H  Ashton III
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,853
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Stewart H  Ashton III (0097633) → Red Bird Coal LLC (0104625) → Red Bird Coal #1 (1518595)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Douglas K  Tackett et al → COAL RIDGE MINING, LLC:** 2002-12-06 through 2008-05-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518595; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James R  Mitchell et al → COAL RIDGE MINING, LLC:** 2002-12-06 through 2008-05-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518595; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Clyde D  Fields → Black Spade Mining Inc:** 2008-05-28 through 2009-10-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518595; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bee  Handshoe → B & K Coal Inc:** 2009-10-21 through 2010-06-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518595; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eddie  Lawson → Red Bird Coal LLC:** 2010-06-16 through 2010-11-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518595; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Stewart H  Ashton III → Red Bird Coal LLC:** 2010-11-16 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518595; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 15
- 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 8 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,084 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 528 violation rows across the full record; 163 carry an S&S flag and $107,262 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 454 samples:** Occupational health samples 398 coal dust; 17 coal quartz; 39 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 — 24K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 11K employee hours and 33 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 23 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 11 contested-violation rows, 11 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 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 58 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 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 75.214 — Supplemental support materials, equipment and tools.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.214
- **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.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1313 — Explosives and detonators outside of magazines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-N/section-75.1313
- **30 CFR 75.606 — Protection of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.606
- **30 CFR 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 8 rows; 2003-03-19 through 2010-03-11; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-06-02 through 2014-06-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 518 rows; 2003-01-03 through 2012-05-03; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 11 rows; 2005-11-22 through 2006-02-17; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 398 rows; 2003-02-10 through 2010-05-25; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2006-01-26 through 2006-01-26; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 11 rows; 2005-03-16 through 2005-06-07; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 160 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:** 6 rows; 2002-12-06 through 2010-06-16; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 58 rows; 2002-12-10 through 2013-09-23; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 58 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 20 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 39 rows; 2003-05-07 through 2009-05-13; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 17 rows; 2003-03-13 through 2010-05-12; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 528 rows; 2003-01-03 through 2012-05-22; 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/red-bird-coal-1-1518595`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/red-bird-coal-1-1518595`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518595/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518595/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518595/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`