# Gatliff Surface #3

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518628
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Bell, KY
- **Operator:** Gatliff Coal Co., Inc.
- **Controller:** TECO Energy Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 753
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**TECO Energy Inc (C00286) → Gatliff Coal Co., Inc. (P17172) → Gatliff Surface #3 (1518628)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **TECO Energy Inc → Gatliff Coal Co., Inc.:** 2003-04-22 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518628; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 1
- Typed edges: 3
- 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 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 91 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 82 violation rows across the full record; 26 carry an S&S flag and $34,926 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 179 samples:** Occupational health samples 117 coal dust; 9 coal quartz; 53 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 6 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 — 2K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 11K employee hours and 14 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 51 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 16 contested-violation rows, 16 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 19 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 27 inspection events and 614 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 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
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 77.404 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2006-07-11 through 2006-08-05; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2009-12-14 through 2009-12-14; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 82 rows; 2003-08-06 through 2009-09-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 16 rows; 2008-03-17 through 2010-06-24; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 117 rows; 2003-08-06 through 2009-09-11; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 19 rows; 2005-06-09 through 2008-01-28; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 16 rows; 2007-05-08 through 2008-09-24; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 235 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 54 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 2003-04-22 through 2003-04-22; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 27 rows; 2003-08-04 through 2010-03-17; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 29 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:** 53 rows; 2003-08-06 through 2009-09-09; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 9 rows; 2005-02-02 through 2008-09-12; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 82 rows; 2003-08-06 through 2009-09-11; 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/gatliff-surface-3-1518628`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/gatliff-surface-3-1518628`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518628/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518628/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518628/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`