# #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518816
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Lawrence, KY
- **Operator:** Meadow Fork Mining Co LLC
- **Controller:** Roger L  Kirk; J T  Stephens
- **Public source rows linked:** 547
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Roger L  Kirk; J T  Stephens (0045807) → Meadow Fork Mining Co LLC (0055176) → #1 (1518816)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **J T  Stephens et al → Meadow Fork Mining Co LLC:** 2004-10-28 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518816; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Roger L  Kirk et al → Meadow Fork Mining Co LLC:** 2004-10-28 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518816; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 4
- 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 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 143 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 65 violation rows across the full record; 27 carry an S&S flag and $12,392 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 140 samples:** Occupational health samples 91 coal dust; 8 coal quartz; 41 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 8 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 — 10 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 10 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 19 inspection events and 859 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 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2005-06-16 through 2007-08-08; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2012-02-27 through 2012-02-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 64 rows; 2005-01-12 through 2011-04-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 91 rows; 2005-01-12 through 2009-12-18; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 10 rows; 2007-10-17 through 2007-10-17; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 177 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 33 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2004-10-28 through 2004-10-28; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 19 rows; 2004-11-23 through 2012-02-27; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 25 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:** 41 rows; 2005-06-02 through 2009-12-07; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 8 rows; 2006-03-13 through 2009-02-26; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 65 rows; 2005-01-12 through 2011-04-04; 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/1-1518816`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1-1518816`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518816/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518816/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518816/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`