# Liggett #3

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518854
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** SEQUOIA ENERGY LLC
- **Controller:** James C  Justice II
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,707
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James C  Justice II (C04355) → SEQUOIA ENERGY LLC (0051295) → Liggett #3 (1518854)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Stanley R  Ditty → Liggett Mining LLC:** 2005-03-14 through 2007-07-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518854; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Liggett Mining LLC:** 2007-07-20 through 2013-06-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518854; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → SEQUOIA ENERGY LLC:** 2013-06-15 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518854; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Stanley R  Ditty → SEQUOIA ENERGY LLC:** 2013-06-15 through 2007-07-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518854; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 9
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 27 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 732 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 798 violation rows across the full record; 256 carry an S&S flag and $366,169 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 872 samples:** Occupational health samples 747 coal dust; 53 coal quartz; 72 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 18 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 — 785 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 358 contested-violation rows, 358 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 69 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 66 inspection events and 5K 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 75.512-2 — Frequency of examinations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512-2
- **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 75.512 — 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
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.1731 — Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1731
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1101-3 — Water requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-3
- **30 CFR 75.1403-6 — Criteria—Self-propelled personnel carriers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403-6
- **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 75.1722 — 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 75.402 — Rock dusting.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.402

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 27 rows; 2005-07-18 through 2012-03-13; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-07-05 through 2013-07-05; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 780 rows; 2005-04-22 through 2012-03-19; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 358 rows; 2007-04-02 through 2014-02-27; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 747 rows; 2005-04-25 through 2012-01-26; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 69 rows; 2006-01-26 through 2009-04-08; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 358 rows; 2006-04-17 through 2012-03-19; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 204 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 48 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2005-03-14 through 2013-06-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 66 rows; 2005-03-22 through 2013-05-06; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 102 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:** 72 rows; 2005-07-19 through 2011-10-13; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 53 rows; 2005-05-25 through 2011-10-13; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 798 rows; 2005-04-22 through 2012-03-19; 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/liggett-3-1518854`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/liggett-3-1518854`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518854/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518854/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518854/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`