# Van Lear

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518839
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Martin, KY
- **Operator:** Revelation Energy, LLC
- **Controller:** Jeffery A  Hoops
- **Public source rows linked:** 10,815
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jeffery A  Hoops (C15863) → Revelation Energy, LLC (0100767) → Van Lear (1518839)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Alliance Resource Partners LP → Excel Mining LLC:** 2005-01-24 through 2014-04-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518839; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Revelation Energy, LLC:** 2014-04-14 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518839; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 6
- 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 135 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2,462 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 2,493 violation rows across the full record; 784 carry an S&S flag and $2,234,547 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 4K samples:** Occupational health samples 3,237 coal dust; 276 coal quartz; 328 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 73 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 76 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 895 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 366 contested-violation rows, 368 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 161 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 367 inspection events and 27K 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 48.31 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **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 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 75.1714-4 — Additional self-contained self-rescuers (SCSRs).** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-4
- **30 CFR 75.1403 — Other safeguards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403
- **30 CFR 75.1600-3 — Communications facilities; refuge alternatives.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-Q/section-75.1600-3
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 135 rows; 2005-09-03 through 2013-11-15; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2015-04-23 through 2015-04-23; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 2,443 rows; 2005-01-27 through 2015-04-02; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 368 rows; 2005-12-28 through 2015-05-12; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 3,237 rows; 2002-03-09 through 2013-11-20; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 161 rows; 2005-02-17 through 2014-06-12; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 366 rows; 2005-04-25 through 2014-06-16; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 432 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 61 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2005-01-24 through 2014-04-14; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 367 rows; 2005-01-27 through 2015-05-14; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 113 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 31 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 328 rows; 2006-05-17 through 2013-02-06; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 276 rows; 2005-05-31 through 2013-11-20; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 2,493 rows; 2005-01-27 through 2015-05-15; 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/van-lear-1518839`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/van-lear-1518839`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518839/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518839/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518839/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`