# Bardo #2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518846
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** Bardo Mining LLC
- **Controller:** James C  Justice II
- **Public source rows linked:** 273
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James C  Justice II (C04355) → Bardo Mining LLC (0051738) → Bardo #2 (1518846)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Stanley R  Ditty → Bardo Mining LLC:** 2005-02-11 through 2007-05-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518846; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Bardo Mining LLC:** 2007-05-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518846; 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 6 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 85 violation rows across the full record; 33 carry an S&S flag and $9,183 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 76 samples:** Occupational health samples 58 coal dust; 4 coal quartz; 14 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 — 29K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 15K employee hours and 25 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 6 inspection events and 361 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 77.1104 — 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 75.1101-10 — Water sprinkler systems; fire warning devices at belt drives.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-10
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.601-1 — Short circuit protection; ratings and settings of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.601-1
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 75.362 — On-shift examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.362
- **30 CFR 75.523-2 — Deenergization of self-propelled electric face equipment; performance requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-2
- **30 CFR 75.1714-3 — Self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-3
- **30 CFR 75.1715 — Identification check system.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1715

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2006-02-17 through 2006-02-17; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2006-03-22 through 2006-03-22; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 84 rows; 2005-06-16 through 2006-03-06; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 58 rows; 2005-07-12 through 2006-01-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2005-02-11 through 2005-02-11; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 6 rows; 2005-06-07 through 2006-01-04; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 14 rows; 2005-08-16 through 2006-01-09; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 4 rows; 2005-08-16 through 2006-01-09; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 85 rows; 2005-06-16 through 2006-03-06; 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/bardo-2-1518846`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bardo-2-1518846`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518846/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518846/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518846/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`