# First Coal #2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518891
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Owsley, KY
- **Operator:** First Coal, LLC.
- **Controller:** Stephen  Moscicki
- **Public source rows linked:** 202
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Stephen  Moscicki (0104817) → First Coal, LLC. (0128753) → First Coal #2 (1518891)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Ronda A  Lilly → RAL Recovery Systems, LLC:** 2005-09-01 through 2010-09-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518891; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jesse  Bowling → Erline Resources, LLC:** 2010-09-24 through 2011-08-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518891; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ray  Merlo → Silver Slate LLC:** 2011-08-26 through 2013-09-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518891; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eddie  Lawson → Blue Sky Excavating LLC:** 2013-09-27 through 2013-12-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518891; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Stephen  Moscicki et al → First Coal, LLC.:** 2013-12-20 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518891; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 15
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 56 violation rows across the full record; 34 carry an S&S flag and $7,640 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 44 samples:** Occupational health samples 26 coal dust; 5 coal quartz; 13 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 4 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 17 inspection events and 340 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.** (6 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **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 77.1605 — 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 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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-09-19 through 2014-09-19; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 54 rows; 2005-09-20 through 2011-09-30; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2013-01-23 through 2013-01-23; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 26 rows; 2005-09-28 through 2011-09-27; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2011-08-26 through 2011-08-26; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2005-09-01 through 2013-12-20; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 17 rows; 2005-09-20 through 2014-09-04; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 2 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 13 rows; 2006-02-21 through 2011-09-27; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 5 rows; 2005-09-28 through 2011-09-27; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 56 rows; 2005-09-20 through 2011-09-30; 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/first-coal-2-1518891`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/first-coal-2-1518891`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518891/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518891/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518891/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`