# RB #12

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518771
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** Manalapan Mining Co., Inc.
- **Controller:** Benjamin R.  Bennett
- **Public source rows linked:** 4,823
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Benjamin R.  Bennett (C00015) → Manalapan Mining Co., Inc. (P14483) → RB #12 (1518771)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Benjamin R.  Bennett → Manalapan Mining Co., Inc.:** 2004-06-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518771; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 1
- Typed edges: 3
- 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 22 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 198 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,057 violation rows across the full record; 447 carry an S&S flag and $950,935 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 768 samples:** Occupational health samples 636 coal dust; 26 coal quartz; 106 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 26 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 — 1,593 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 754 contested-violation rows, 747 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 92 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 108 inspection events and 7K 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 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **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 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2
- **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
- **30 CFR 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722
- **30 CFR 75.381 — Escapeways; anthracite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.381
- **30 CFR 75.1505 — Escapeway maps.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1505
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 22 rows; 2004-11-06 through 2011-08-11; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-03-26 through 2013-03-26; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,032 rows; 2004-09-13 through 2012-04-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 747 rows; 2007-10-29 through 2014-03-14; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 636 rows; 2004-08-31 through 2012-01-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 92 rows; 2004-12-07 through 2012-05-26; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 754 rows; 2004-10-13 through 2013-12-04; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 119 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 20 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 2004-06-17 through 2004-06-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 108 rows; 2004-08-03 through 2013-03-26; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 82 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 19 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 106 rows; 2004-10-18 through 2012-01-11; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 26 rows; 2004-10-18 through 2012-01-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,057 rows; 2004-09-13 through 2012-04-11; 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/rb-12-1518771`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/rb-12-1518771`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518771/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518771/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518771/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`