# DEAN COAL&STONE

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518653
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** DEAN COAL & STONE LLC
- **Controller:** Russell K Dean
- **Public source rows linked:** 288
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Russell K Dean (0114041) → DEAN COAL & STONE LLC (0133913) → DEAN COAL&STONE (1518653)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Chris Lee  Haverly → C & C Mining Inc:** 2003-09-30 through 2014-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518653; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Russell K Dean → Dean Coal & Stone LLC:** 2014-07-01 through 2017-05-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518653; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robby  Jessee → Harlan County Stone LLC:** 2017-05-05 through 2017-08-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518653; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Harley B  Bingham → Harlan County Stone LLC:** 2017-08-27 through 2018-01-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518653; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robby  Jessee → Black Mountain Energy, LLC:** 2018-01-29 through 2018-12-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518653; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Halcomb → Halco Services, LLC:** 2018-12-14 through 2022-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518653; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Russell K Dean → DEAN COAL & STONE LLC:** 2022-09-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518653; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 19
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 4 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 42 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 54 violation rows across the full record; 7 carry an S&S flag and $8,847 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 78 samples:** Occupational health samples 42 coal dust; 1 coal quartz; 35 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 702 employee hours and 2 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 — 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 — 16 since 2021:** Inspections 60 inspection events and 823 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 77.504 — Electrical connections or splices; suitability.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.504
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 77.207 — Illumination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.207
- **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 48.25 — Training of new miners; minimum courses of instruction; hours of instruction.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.25
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 48.28 — Annual refresher training of miners; minimum courses of instruction; hours of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.28

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2024-03-25 through 2024-03-25; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-04-02 through 2025-04-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 51 rows; 2006-08-03 through 2025-03-31; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 42 rows; 2009-03-02 through 2025-03-06; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 2 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2003-07-30 through 2022-09-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 60 rows; 2003-09-25 through 2025-03-26; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 26 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 35 rows; 2009-03-02 through 2025-03-06; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1 rows; 2023-12-07 through 2023-12-07; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 54 rows; 2006-08-03 through 2025-03-31; 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/dean-coal-stone-1518653`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/dean-coal-stone-1518653`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518653/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518653/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518653/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`