# MINE #28

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518911
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** ARC KENTUCKY RESOURCES, LLC
- **Controller:** Appalachian Resource Company LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 16,514
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Appalachian Resource Company LLC (0157781) → ARC KENTUCKY RESOURCES, LLC (0172853) → MINE #28 (1518911)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Wexford Capital LLC → CAM Mining LLC:** 2005-08-09 through 2010-10-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518911; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rhino Resource Partners LP → CAM Mining LLC:** 2010-10-05 through 2020-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518911; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Appalachian Resource Company LLC → ARC Kentucky Resources, LLC:** 2020-09-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518911; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 8
- 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 — 8 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 108 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2,898 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 522 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 2,830 violation rows across the full record; 734 carry an S&S flag and $1,726,039 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 8K samples:** Occupational health samples 7,101 coal dust; 316 coal quartz; 333 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 67 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 — 1,844 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 824 contested-violation rows, 875 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 145 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 — 30 since 2021:** Inspections 421 inspection events and 31K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 94,839 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 54,046
- **Average employees:** 21
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.1714-6 — Emergency tethers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-6
- **30 CFR 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 108 rows; 2006-02-15 through 2024-08-01; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-10-11 through 2024-10-11; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 2,777 rows; 2005-09-19 through 2025-02-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 875 rows; 2010-08-26 through 2025-04-09; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 7,101 rows; 2005-10-18 through 2024-10-09; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 145 rows; 2007-08-24 through 2024-11-19; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 824 rows; 2008-08-05 through 2024-10-08; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 367 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 101 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2005-08-09 through 2020-09-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 421 rows; 2005-08-22 through 2026-09-21; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 254 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 57 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 333 rows; 2005-12-01 through 2024-08-05; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 316 rows; 2005-11-28 through 2024-08-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 2,830 rows; 2005-09-19 through 2025-02-04; 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/mine-28-1518911`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-28-1518911`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518911/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518911/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518911/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`