# Harlan Strip #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518889
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** Four Star Resources LLC
- **Controller:** James C  Justice II
- **Public source rows linked:** 547
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James C  Justice II (C04355) → Four Star Resources LLC (0087664) → Harlan Strip #1 (1518889)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Elijah J  Helton → Four Star Resources LLC:** 2005-06-15 through 2008-02-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518889; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James C  Justice II et al → Four Star Resources LLC:** 2008-02-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518889; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 6
- 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 6 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 214 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 98 violation rows across the full record; 34 carry an S&S flag and $98,754 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 120 samples:** Occupational health samples 79 coal dust; 1 coal quartz; 40 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 64 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 32 contested-violation rows, 32 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 — 5 since 2021:** Inspections 44 inspection events and 787 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 77.404 — 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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1707 — First aid equipment; location; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1707
- **30 CFR 48.29 — Records of training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.29
- **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 72.620 — Drill dust control at surface mines and surface areas of underground mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.620
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 6 rows; 2007-10-11 through 2013-04-12; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-10-04 through 2023-10-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 97 rows; 2006-03-21 through 2014-06-25; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 32 rows; 2011-07-13 through 2015-10-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 79 rows; 2005-09-14 through 2013-05-09; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 32 rows; 2009-11-05 through 2014-06-25; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 38 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2005-06-15 through 2008-02-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 44 rows; 2005-09-08 through 2023-09-20; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 49 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 40 rows; 2005-09-14 through 2013-05-09; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1 rows; 2009-11-05 through 2009-11-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 98 rows; 2006-03-21 through 2014-06-25; 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/harlan-strip-1-1518889`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/harlan-strip-1-1518889`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518889/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518889/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518889/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`