# F-3 Bear Fork

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518604
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Frasure Creek Mining LLC
- **Controller:** Essar Minerals Canada Limited
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,724
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Essar Minerals Canada Limited (0102805) → Frasure Creek Mining LLC (P24564) → F-3 Bear Fork (1518604)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Frasure Creek Mining LLC:** 2003-01-17 through 2008-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518604; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth W  Woodring → Frasure Creek Mining LLC:** 2008-11-01 through 2010-04-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518604; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Essar Minerals Canada Limited → Frasure Creek Mining LLC:** 2010-04-07 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518604; 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 13 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 749 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 119 violation rows across the full record; 52 carry an S&S flag and $17,105 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 133 samples:** Occupational health samples 86 coal dust; 47 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 7 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 — 7 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 15 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 49 inspection events and 1K 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 48.31 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20
- **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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **30 CFR 71.403 — Waiver of surface facilities requirements; posting of waiver.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.403

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 13 rows; 2004-05-10 through 2010-10-15; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2012-09-07 through 2012-09-07; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 116 rows; 2003-03-25 through 2012-01-09; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2005-02-15 through 2005-02-15; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 86 rows; 2003-03-25 through 2007-06-07; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2004-04-07 through 2007-06-21; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2004-08-19 through 2004-08-19; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,887 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 352 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2003-01-17 through 2003-01-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 49 rows; 2003-01-24 through 2012-09-06; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 34 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 47 rows; 2003-07-07 through 2007-03-12; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 119 rows; 2003-03-25 through 2012-01-09; 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/f-3-bear-fork-1518604`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/f-3-bear-fork-1518604`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518604/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518604/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518604/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`