# #8 Wallins Creek Strip

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518893
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** Fox Knob Coal Company, Inc.
- **Controller:** U S Coal Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 627
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**U S Coal Corporation (0072411) → Fox Knob Coal Company, Inc. (P22161) → #8 Wallins Creek Strip (1518893)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Aubra P  Dean et al → Fox Knob Coal Co, Inc.:** 2005-06-28 through 2008-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518893; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Carl E  McAfee et al → Fox Knob Coal Co, Inc.:** 2005-06-28 through 2008-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518893; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **U S Coal Corporation → Fox Knob Coal Co, Inc.:** 2008-04-18 through 2011-11-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518893; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ronnie D  Jackson → Twin Star Coal Company, Inc.:** 2011-12-01 through 2013-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518893; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Donnie  Teague → Twin Star Coal Company, Inc.:** 2011-12-01 through 2005-06-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518893; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **U S Coal Corporation → Fox Knob Coal Company, Inc.:** 2013-07-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518893; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Carl E  McAfee et al → Fox Knob Coal Company, Inc.:** 2013-07-01 through 2008-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518893; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Aubra P  Dean et al → Fox Knob Coal Company, Inc.:** 2013-07-01 through 2008-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518893; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 15
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 9 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 716 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 83 violation rows across the full record; 7 carry an S&S flag and $11,024 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 190 samples:** Occupational health samples 126 coal dust; 8 coal quartz; 56 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 61 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 28 contested-violation rows, 28 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 5 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 26 inspection events and 759 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 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (5 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 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 9 rows; 2006-06-30 through 2011-05-23; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-03-12 through 2014-03-12; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 83 rows; 2005-09-06 through 2012-10-09; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 28 rows; 2010-02-18 through 2012-10-25; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 126 rows; 2005-09-07 through 2012-11-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 5 rows; 2007-05-22 through 2012-08-14; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 28 rows; 2008-09-04 through 2011-05-19; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 130 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 25 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 2005-06-28 through 2013-07-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 26 rows; 2005-09-06 through 2013-09-25; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 56 rows; 2005-09-07 through 2012-11-14; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 8 rows; 2006-03-08 through 2010-11-19; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 83 rows; 2005-09-06 through 2012-10-09; 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/8-wallins-creek-strip-1518893`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/8-wallins-creek-strip-1518893`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518893/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518893/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518893/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`