# Mine #5

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518882
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Muhlenberg, KY
- **Operator:** Charolais Mining Company LLC
- **Controller:** Phoenix Coal Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,067
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Phoenix Coal Corporation (0061369) → Charolais Mining Company LLC (0077184) → Mine #5 (1518882)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Donald E  Bowles  et al → Charolais Coal No.1 LLC:** 2005-06-27 through 2006-12-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518882; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cleaton Coal  et al → Charolais Coal No.1 LLC:** 2005-06-27 through 2006-12-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518882; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Phoenix Coal Corporation → Charolais Mining Company LLC:** 2006-12-27 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518882; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- 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 5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 14 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 50 violation rows across the full record; 19 carry an S&S flag and $16,128 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 76 samples:** Occupational health samples 48 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 26 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 4 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 5 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 6 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 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 9 inspection events and 463 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 47.41 — Requirement for container labels.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.41
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 48.28 — Annual refresher training of miners; minimum courses of instruction; hours of instruction.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.28

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2005-11-16 through 2008-06-05; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2008-12-18 through 2008-12-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 48 rows; 2006-01-24 through 2008-12-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2010-01-19 through 2010-01-19; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 48 rows; 2005-10-17 through 2008-11-19; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2007-08-14 through 2010-01-19; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2008-12-08 through 2008-12-08; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 702 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 146 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2005-06-27 through 2006-12-27; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 9 rows; 2005-10-03 through 2008-10-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 15 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 26 rows; 2005-10-17 through 2008-11-19; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2006-08-17 through 2007-02-28; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 50 rows; 2006-01-24 through 2008-12-08; 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-5-1518882`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-5-1518882`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518882/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518882/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518882/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`