# Red Bird Coal #2 - **MSHA mine ID:** 1518699 - **Status:** Abandoned - **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous) - **Location:** Knott, KY - **Operator:** Red Bird Coal LLC - **Controller:** Stewart H Ashton III - **Public source rows linked:** 679 - **Source coverage:** 12 / 20 - **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z ## Current entity hierarchy **Stewart H Ashton III (0097633) → Red Bird Coal LLC (0104625) → Red Bird Coal #2 (1518699)** Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim. ## Controller and operator valid-time history - **Jim Shubert et al → Tri Energy:** 2004-01-16 through 2005-07-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518699; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Robert Jennings et al → Tri Energy:** 2004-01-16 through 2005-07-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518699; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Clark Johnson → C J C Coal Inc:** 2005-07-13 through 2007-10-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518699; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Phillip Ray → AC Mining of East Ky Inc:** 2007-10-31 through 2008-05-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518699; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Randy S McKinney → Mac-Tech Inc:** 2008-05-14 through 2010-07-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518699; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Eddie Lawson → Red Bird Coal LLC:** 2010-07-07 through 2010-11-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518699; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Stewart H Ashton III → Red Bird Coal LLC:** 2010-11-16 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518699; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - History rows: 7 - Typed edges: 18 - 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 5 lost days across the published record. 2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 300 violation rows across the full record; 95 carry an S&S flag and $62,024 appears in current assessed amounts. 3. **HEALTH — 35 samples:** Occupational health samples 26 coal dust; 9 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter. 5. **LEGAL — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 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 35 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 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711 - **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104 - **30 CFR 77.202 — Dust accumulations in surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.202 - **30 CFR 75.310 — Installation of main mine fans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.310 - **30 CFR 75.311 — Main mine fan operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.311 - **30 CFR 75.1714-8 — Reporting SCSR inventory and malfunctions; retention of SCSRs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-8 - **30 CFR 70.209 — Quarterly sampling; designated areas.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-70/subpart-C/section-70.209 - **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202 - **30 CFR 75.701 — Grounding metallic frames, casings, and other enclosures of electric equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-H/section-75.701 ## Source coverage - **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2008-01-24 through 2008-01-24; source ID `msha-accidents` - **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-06-02 through 2014-06-02; source ID `msha-addresses` - **Assessed Violations:** 268 rows; 2005-10-17 through 2012-05-21; source ID `msha-assessed-violations` - **Coal Dust Samples:** 26 rows; 2006-04-27 through 2011-01-20; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples` - **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2011-03-02 through 2011-03-02; source ID `msha-conferences` - **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2004-01-05 through 2010-07-07; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history` - **Inspections:** 35 rows; 2005-09-26 through 2013-09-26; source ID `msha-inspections` - **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 23 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly` - **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly` - **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines` - **Noise Samples:** 9 rows; 2006-04-27 through 2006-10-19; source ID `msha-noise-samples` - **Violations:** 300 rows; 2005-10-17 through 2012-05-29; 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/red-bird-coal-2-1518699` - JSON: `/api/v1/mines/red-bird-coal-2-1518699` - Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518699/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows) - Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518699/relationships` - MCP resource: `mine://1518699/assessment` - Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`