# Mine #2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518864
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Letcher, KY
- **Operator:** Vision Coal, Inc.
- **Controller:** Kevin R Yonts
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,550
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Kevin R Yonts (0101685) → Vision Coal, Inc. (0052459) → Mine #2 (1518864)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Benjamin  Hampton → H & Q Coal Inc:** 2005-04-19 through 2006-04-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518864; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mark E  Daugherty → H & Q Coal Inc:** 2006-04-25 through 2007-04-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518864; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Clyde D  Fields → Up & Running Coal Company Inc.:** 2007-04-12 through 2007-04-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518864; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mark E  Daugherty → H & Q Coal Inc.:** 2007-04-20 through 2007-09-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518864; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Benjamin  Hampton → H & Q Coal Inc.:** 2007-04-20 through 2006-04-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518864; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dennis Creg  Yonts → Vision Coal, Inc.:** 2007-09-12 through 2007-09-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518864; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kevin R Yonts → Vision Coal, Inc.:** 2007-09-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518864; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 16
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 8 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 629 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,099 violation rows across the full record; 418 carry an S&S flag and $918,436 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 510 samples:** Occupational health samples 442 coal dust; 24 coal quartz; 44 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — 181 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 83 contested-violation rows, 83 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 15 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 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 60 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 75.372 — Mine ventilation map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.372
- **30 CFR 77.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.904
- **30 CFR 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **30 CFR 75.1202-1 — Temporary notations, revisions, and supplements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1202-1
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **30 CFR 75.363 — Hazardous conditions and violations of mandatory health or safety standards; posting, correcting, and recording.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.363
- **30 CFR 75.605 — Clamping of trailing cables to equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.605
- **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 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 8 rows; 2005-11-29 through 2010-09-28; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-06-06 through 2014-06-06; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,072 rows; 2005-07-14 through 2012-09-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 83 rows; 2012-10-03 through 2013-04-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 442 rows; 2005-05-25 through 2011-10-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 15 rows; 2008-05-28 through 2011-11-01; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 83 rows; 2010-10-06 through 2011-04-14; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 475 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 70 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2005-04-19 through 2007-09-12; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 60 rows; 2005-04-26 through 2013-06-27; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 52 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 44 rows; 2005-07-18 through 2010-11-23; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 24 rows; 2005-05-26 through 2010-11-30; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,099 rows; 2005-06-13 through 2012-09-07; 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/mine-2-1518864`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-2-1518864`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518864/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518864/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518864/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`