# Flint Ridge Mine #2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518991
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Breathitt, KY
- **Operator:** ICG Hazard, LLC
- **Controller:** Arch Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 8,041
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Arch Resources Inc (C15561) → ICG Hazard, LLC (0054617) → Flint Ridge Mine #2 (1518991)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **International Coal Group Inc (ICG) → ICG Hazard, LLC:** 2006-05-05 through 2011-06-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518991; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → ICG Hazard, LLC:** 2011-06-15 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518991; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 5
- 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 68 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,634 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 2,137 violation rows across the full record; 529 carry an S&S flag and $2,684,646 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,344 coal dust; 143 coal quartz; 159 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 21 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 280 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 793 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 359 contested-violation rows, 361 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 73 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 20 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 83 inspection events and 11K 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 77.807 — Installation of high-voltage transmission cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-I/section-77.807
- **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
- **30 CFR 48.31 — Hazard training.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 50.11 — Investigation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-B/section-50.11
- **30 CFR 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 75.1502 — Mine emergency evacuation and firefighting program of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1502
- **30 CFR 75.523-3 — Automatic emergency-parking brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-3
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.1600-3 — Communications facilities; refuge alternatives.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-Q/section-75.1600-3

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 68 rows; 2006-09-29 through 2012-06-26; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-09-05 through 2014-09-05; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 2,099 rows; 2006-06-27 through 2014-02-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 361 rows; 2009-02-19 through 2017-09-20; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,344 rows; 2006-08-01 through 2012-08-01; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 73 rows; 2006-10-31 through 2012-05-26; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 359 rows; 2007-04-30 through 2012-06-26; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 947 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 188 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2006-05-05 through 2006-05-05; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 83 rows; 2006-05-30 through 2014-06-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 62 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 159 rows; 2006-08-07 through 2012-06-18; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 143 rows; 2006-08-07 through 2012-06-18; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 2,137 rows; 2006-06-27 through 2014-02-10; 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/flint-ridge-mine-2-1518991`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/flint-ridge-mine-2-1518991`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518991/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518991/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518991/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`