# Mine # 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518952
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Blue Ridge Fuels L.L.C.
- **Controller:** Eddie  Lawson
- **Public source rows linked:** 867
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Eddie  Lawson (C16019) → Blue Ridge Fuels L.L.C. (0162574) → Mine # 1 (1518952)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Rick A  Taylor → Alpha Reclamation Contracting Inc:** 2005-12-13 through 2006-07-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518952; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eddie  Lawson → Jones Fork Mining LLC:** 2006-07-25 through 2006-09-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518952; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jimmie D  Lester → Black Forest Coal LLC:** 2006-09-11 through 2012-10-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518952; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John M  Barnett → Barnett Energy, LLC.:** 2012-10-03 through 2013-02-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518952; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth  LaVan → Black Forest Coal, LLC:** 2013-02-15 through 2014-09-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518952; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jan M Berkowitz → JMEG Mine, LLC:** 2014-09-22 through 2016-08-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518952; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Victor  Allara → Phoenix Fuels Corporation:** 2016-08-19 through 2019-04-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518952; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eddie  Lawson → Blue Ridge Fuels L.L.C.:** 2019-04-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518952; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 24
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 145 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 227 violation rows across the full record; 71 carry an S&S flag and $97,764 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 111 samples:** Occupational health samples 66 coal dust; 10 coal quartz; 35 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 3 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 — 2K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 2K employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 14 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 3 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 8 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 8 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 — 4 since 2021:** Inspections 50 inspection events and 1K 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 71.206 — Quarterly sampling; designated work positions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.206
- **30 CFR 50.20-1 — General instructions for completing MSHA Form 7000-1.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20-1
- **30 CFR 50.10 — Immediate notification.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-B/section-50.10
- **30 CFR 72.100 — Periodic examinations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-B/section-72.100
- **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 48.28 — Annual refresher training of miners; minimum courses of instruction; hours of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.28
- **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
- **30 CFR 71.201 — Sampling; general and technical requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.201
- **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 77.1109 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2006-11-14 through 2006-11-14; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-08-27 through 2026-08-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 212 rows; 2006-03-09 through 2019-01-16; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2011-09-26 through 2011-09-26; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 66 rows; 2006-06-15 through 2018-08-09; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 8 rows; 2008-08-14 through 2015-08-31; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 3 rows; 2010-07-08 through 2010-07-08; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 115 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; 2005-12-13 through 2019-04-02; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 50 rows; 2005-12-21 through 2026-08-24; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 77 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 25 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 35 rows; 2006-06-16 through 2018-07-25; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 10 rows; 2014-12-08 through 2018-07-25; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 227 rows; 2006-03-09 through 2019-01-16; 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/mine-1-1518952`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-1-1518952`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518952/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518952/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518952/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`