# Mine #22

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518616
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp.
- **Controller:** James River Coal Company
- **Public source rows linked:** 547
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James River Coal Company (C13562) → McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp. (P19831) → Mine #22 (1518616)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Jessica R  Lester et al → Inspiration Resources, Inc.:** 2003-02-26 through 2003-11-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518616; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp.:** 2003-11-07 through 2006-01-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518616; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Doug A  Reed → Bluegrass Mining Co Inc:** 2006-01-13 through 2007-01-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518616; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp.:** 2007-01-15 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518616; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 11
- 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 5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 68 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 121 violation rows across the full record; 45 carry an S&S flag and $11,186 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 227 samples:** Occupational health samples 206 coal dust; 11 coal quartz; 10 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 — 1 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 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 45 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 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1103-8 — Automatic fire sensor and warning device systems; examination and test requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-8
- **30 CFR 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2005-01-17 through 2006-03-27; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2009-12-15 through 2009-12-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 113 rows; 2003-05-01 through 2006-11-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 206 rows; 2003-06-24 through 2006-09-26; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2005-10-13 through 2005-10-13; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2003-02-26 through 2007-01-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 45 rows; 2003-03-14 through 2009-12-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 25 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:** 10 rows; 2004-11-02 through 2005-09-14; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 11 rows; 2004-09-02 through 2006-09-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 121 rows; 2003-05-01 through 2006-11-13; 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/mine-22-1518616`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-22-1518616`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518616/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518616/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518616/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`