# #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518753
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knott, KY
- **Operator:** Vision Coal Inc.
- **Controller:** Kevin R Yonts
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,192
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Kevin R Yonts (0101685) → Vision Coal Inc. (0052459) → #1 (1518753)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Dennis Creg  Yonts → Vision Coal Inc.:** 2004-05-06 through 2007-09-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518753; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kevin R Yonts → Vision Coal Inc.:** 2007-09-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518753; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 5
- 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 6 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 174 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 263 violation rows across the full record; 126 carry an S&S flag and $40,142 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 236 samples:** Occupational health samples 216 coal dust; 13 coal quartz; 7 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 — 45 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 45 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 23 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 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 75.312 — Main mine fan examinations and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.312
- **30 CFR 75.1202-1 — Temporary notations, revisions, and supplements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1202-1
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **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 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.523-3 — Automatic emergency-parking brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-3
- **30 CFR 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 6 rows; 2004-10-12 through 2006-09-11; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2007-10-17 through 2007-10-17; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 261 rows; 2004-08-23 through 2007-06-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 216 rows; 2004-11-03 through 2007-05-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 45 rows; 2006-05-26 through 2006-10-27; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 288 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 43 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2004-05-06 through 2004-05-06; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 23 rows; 2004-05-26 through 2007-10-03; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 19 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 7 rows; 2005-05-11 through 2006-10-31; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 13 rows; 2004-11-03 through 2007-04-19; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 263 rows; 2004-08-23 through 2007-07-05; 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/1-1518753`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1-1518753`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518753/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518753/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518753/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`