# KC #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518747
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knott, KY
- **Operator:** McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp.
- **Controller:** James River Coal Company
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,529
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James River Coal Company (C13562) → McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp. (P19831) → KC #1 (1518747)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **M Lynn  Parrish → Knott Floyd Land Company:** 2004-07-21 through 2005-10-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518747; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeff  Joyce → Knott Floyd Land Company:** 2004-07-21 through 2004-07-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518747; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Scarlett  Biliter → Solar Coal Company:** 2005-10-31 through 2009-08-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518747; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Amber  Hall → Carbon Coal LLC:** 2009-08-28 through 2010-11-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518747; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L  Bevins → Fools Gold Energy Corp:** 2010-11-15 through 2011-09-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518747; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp.:** 2011-09-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518747; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 17
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 3 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 2 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 698 violation rows across the full record; 246 carry an S&S flag and $1,018,977 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 323 samples:** Occupational health samples 282 coal dust; 15 coal quartz; 26 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 86 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 41 contested-violation rows, 41 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 75 inspection events and 4K 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 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 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20
- **30 CFR 48.23 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23
- **30 CFR 48.11 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-A/section-48.11
- **30 CFR 50.10 — Immediate notification.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-B/section-50.10
- **30 CFR 77.1710 — Protective clothing; requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1710
- **30 CFR 77.900-1 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; procedures.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.900-1
- **30 CFR 77.1102 — Warning signs; smoking and open flame.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1102
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2008-02-06 through 2012-04-25; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-10-21 through 2013-10-21; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 671 rows; 2004-11-09 through 2012-10-17; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 41 rows; 2009-11-02 through 2013-11-13; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 282 rows; 2006-03-24 through 2009-10-27; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2008-01-23 through 2011-05-02; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 41 rows; 2008-04-03 through 2012-10-17; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 492 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 74 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2004-07-21 through 2011-09-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 75 rows; 2004-09-07 through 2013-10-17; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 88 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 26 rows; 2006-05-24 through 2009-06-18; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 15 rows; 2006-05-24 through 2009-06-25; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 698 rows; 2004-11-09 through 2012-10-17; 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/kc-1-1518747`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/kc-1-1518747`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518747/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518747/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518747/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`