# FG 12

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518612
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Frasure Creek Mining Co. L. L. C.
- **Controller:** Essar Minerals Canada Limited
- **Public source rows linked:** 211
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Essar Minerals Canada Limited (0102805) → Frasure Creek Mining Co. L. L. C. (P24564) → FG 12 (1518612)**

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, L. L. C.:** 2003-02-11 through 2003-12-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518612; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James R  Mitchell et al → Coal Ridge Mining, L. L. C.:** 2003-02-11 through 2003-12-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518612; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eddie D  Lawson et al → S & E Coal, LLC:** 2003-12-09 through 2008-03-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518612; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Steve  Bentley et al → S & E Coal, LLC:** 2003-12-09 through 2008-03-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518612; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L  Bevins → Fools Gold Energy Corporation:** 2008-03-17 through 2009-11-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518612; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth W  Woodring → Frasure Creek Mining Co. L. L. C.:** 2009-11-17 through 2010-04-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518612; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Frasure Creek Mining Co. L. L. C.:** 2009-11-17 through 2008-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518612; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Essar Minerals Canada Limited → Frasure Creek Mining Co. L. L. C.:** 2010-04-07 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518612; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 18
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 51 violation rows across the full record; 17 carry an S&S flag and $5,420 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 55 samples:** Occupational health samples 40 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 13 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 566 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 77.513 — Insulating mats at power switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.513
- **30 CFR 75.1714-7 — Multi-gas detectors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-7
- **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 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.1101-2 — Installation of deluge-type sprays.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-2
- **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
- **30 CFR 62.120 — Action level.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.120
- **30 CFR 77.506-1 — Electric equipment and circuits; overload and short circuit protection; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.506-1
- **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 75.1722 — 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 75.523-3 — Automatic emergency-parking brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-3

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2008-08-27 through 2008-08-27; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2010-08-18 through 2010-08-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 47 rows; 2003-03-26 through 2008-12-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 40 rows; 2003-05-08 through 2008-12-04; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 2003-02-11 through 2009-11-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 28 rows; 2003-02-13 through 2009-01-02; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 15 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 13 rows; 2003-05-22 through 2008-11-18; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2008-09-02 through 2008-11-18; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 51 rows; 2003-03-26 through 2008-12-23; 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/fg-12-1518612`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/fg-12-1518612`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518612/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518612/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518612/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`