# Balkan

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518986
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Bell, KY
- **Operator:** Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc
- **Controller:** Thomas R  Hamilton
- **Public source rows linked:** 5,601
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Thomas R  Hamilton (C03974) → Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc (P01158) → Balkan (1518986)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Thomas R  Hamilton et al → Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc:** 2006-04-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518986; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 1
- Typed edges: 3
- 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 — 7 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 45 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,975 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 92 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 653 violation rows across the full record; 218 carry an S&S flag and $125,184 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 644 samples:** Occupational health samples 410 coal dust; 30 coal quartz; 204 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 29 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 16K employee hours and 37 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 421 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 194 contested-violation rows, 195 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 32 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 44 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 — 46 since 2021:** Inspections 212 inspection events and 8K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 66,107
- **Average employees:** 51
- **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 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 71.600 — Drinking water; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-G/section-71.600
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 47.51 — Requirement for an MSDS.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-F/section-47.51

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 45 rows; 2005-12-17 through 2026-05-26; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2007-03-19 through 2007-03-19; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 635 rows; 2006-04-17 through 2026-07-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 195 rows; 2009-03-17 through 2024-03-21; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 410 rows; 2007-03-24 through 2026-09-15; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 32 rows; 2006-05-17 through 2024-09-03; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 194 rows; 2007-03-17 through 2023-06-09; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,302 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 505 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 2006-04-18 through 2006-04-18; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 212 rows; 2006-04-17 through 2026-10-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 143 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 38 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 204 rows; 2007-03-24 through 2026-06-25; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 30 rows; 2012-05-30 through 2024-10-29; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 653 rows; 2006-04-17 through 2026-09-22; 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/balkan-1518986`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/balkan-1518986`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518986/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518986/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518986/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`