# Mine No 2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518728
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Muhlenberg, KY
- **Operator:** Phoenix Coal Processing Company LLC
- **Controller:** Phoenix Coal Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,055
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Phoenix Coal Corporation (0061369) → Phoenix Coal Processing Company LLC (0077463) → Mine No 2 (1518728)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Cleaton Coal  et al → Charolais Coal No. 1 LLC:** 2004-02-27 through 2006-12-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518728; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Donald E  Bowles  et al → Charolais Coal No. 1 LLC:** 2004-02-27 through 2006-12-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518728; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Phoenix Coal Corporation → Phoenix Coal Processing Company LLC:** 2006-12-27 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518728; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- 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 168 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 29 violation rows across the full record; 11 carry an S&S flag and $2,281 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 135 samples:** Occupational health samples 94 coal dust; 18 coal quartz; 23 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 11 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 80 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 — 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 15 inspection events and 655 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 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **30 CFR 77.1600 — Loading and haulage; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1600
- **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 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **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 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2004-03-19 through 2006-05-31; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2008-01-01 through 2008-01-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 29 rows; 2004-09-15 through 2006-09-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 94 rows; 2004-06-30 through 2007-03-29; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 652 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 150 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2004-02-27 through 2006-12-27; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 15 rows; 2004-03-18 through 2007-10-16; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 28 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 23 rows; 2004-08-05 through 2005-11-01; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 18 rows; 2004-06-30 through 2007-02-23; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 29 rows; 2004-09-15 through 2006-09-07; 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-no-2-1518728`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-2-1518728`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518728/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518728/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518728/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`