# Tram Mine #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518884
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Floyd, KY
- **Operator:** Black Hawk Mining LLC
- **Controller:** Blackhawk Mining LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,866
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Blackhawk Mining LLC (0109461) → Black Hawk Mining LLC (0111625) → Tram Mine #1 (1518884)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **David W  Hall → Powell  Branch Energy, LLC:** 2005-06-02 through 2006-05-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518884; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ramey Tim → Hi Energy Coal LLC:** 2006-05-23 through 2006-07-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518884; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jamie  Sawyers → Hi Energy Coal LLC:** 2006-07-25 through 2008-03-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518884; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pat R  Childers → Jaguar Mining Inc:** 2008-03-03 through 2008-07-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518884; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Freddie  Anderson  et al → Coal Diggers Inc:** 2008-07-07 through 2010-12-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518884; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Carter  Slone  et al → Coal Diggers Inc:** 2008-07-07 through 2010-12-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518884; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John M  Potter et al → Blackhawk Mining LLC:** 2010-12-21 through 2011-04-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518884; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas A  Potter et al → Blackhawk Mining LLC:** 2010-12-21 through 2011-04-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518884; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eddie  Lawson → Carbide Coal LLC:** 2011-04-20 through 2011-11-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518884; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Vhonda  Dotson → LA Energy LLC:** 2011-11-07 through 2012-01-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518884; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jason D  Ousley → Tram Energy LLC:** 2012-01-06 through 2014-03-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518884; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Blackhawk Mining LLC:** 2013-07-01 through 2011-04-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518884; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Black Hawk Mining LLC:** 2014-03-14 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518884; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas A  Potter et al → Black Hawk Mining LLC:** 2014-03-14 through 2013-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518884; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John M  Potter et al → Black Hawk Mining LLC:** 2014-03-14 through 2013-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518884; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 15
- Typed edges: 34
- Interval anomalies: 3
- 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 658 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 702 violation rows across the full record; 237 carry an S&S flag and $1,233,724 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 295 samples:** Occupational health samples 255 coal dust; 13 coal quartz; 27 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 38 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 11 contested-violation rows, 10 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 17 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 88 inspection events and 4K 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 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 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 77.1701 — Emergency communications; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1701
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **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 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **30 CFR 75.311 — Main mine fan operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.311
- **30 CFR 75.521 — Lightning arresters; ungrounded and exposed power conductors and telephone wires.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.521

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2006-07-26 through 2013-09-18; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-04-04 through 2016-04-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 660 rows; 2005-08-02 through 2014-08-18; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 10 rows; 2014-12-18 through 2015-05-13; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 255 rows; 2006-08-07 through 2013-10-24; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 17 rows; 2009-10-15 through 2014-08-05; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 11 rows; 2010-07-22 through 2014-08-18; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 15 rows; 2005-06-02 through 2014-03-14; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 88 rows; 2005-08-02 through 2014-10-17; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 44 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 27 rows; 2008-09-18 through 2013-02-05; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 13 rows; 2008-11-06 through 2013-02-04; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 702 rows; 2005-08-02 through 2014-08-18; 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/tram-mine-1-1518884`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/tram-mine-1-1518884`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518884/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518884/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518884/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`