# W & F Contract Augering Inc

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518910
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Leslie, KY
- **Operator:** W & F Contract Augering Inc
- **Controller:** Christina J  Whittaker
- **Public source rows linked:** 269
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Christina J  Whittaker (0096533) → W & F Contract Augering Inc (0155395) → W & F Contract Augering Inc (1518910)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Frank  Parks → W & F Contract Augering Inc:** 2005-08-05 through 2010-09-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518910; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Christina J  Whittaker → W & F Contract Augering Inc:** 2010-09-23 through 2010-09-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518910; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Christina J  Whittaker → W & F Contract Augering Inc:** 2010-09-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518910; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 139 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 75 violation rows across the full record; 39 carry an S&S flag and $10,810 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 74 samples:** Occupational health samples 38 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 34 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 5 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 — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 28 inspection events and 707 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 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 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 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **30 CFR 77.1001 — Stripping; loose material.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1001
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 77.1104 — 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:** 2 rows; 2011-04-14 through 2011-06-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-03-13 through 2018-03-13; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 70 rows; 2005-12-13 through 2012-02-16; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 38 rows; 2006-01-24 through 2012-01-05; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 2 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2005-08-05 through 2010-09-23; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 28 rows; 2005-12-13 through 2018-03-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 34 rows; 2006-01-24 through 2011-08-08; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2009-11-13 through 2011-08-08; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 75 rows; 2005-12-13 through 2012-02-16; 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/w-f-contract-augering-inc-1518910`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/w-f-contract-augering-inc-1518910`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518910/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518910/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518910/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`