# Long Fork Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519021
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Rhyno Corp LLC
- **Controller:** Ryan  Johns
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,187
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ryan  Johns (C15981) → Rhyno Corp LLC (0119853) → Long Fork Mine (1519021)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Gabriel J  Stewart → Stewart Resources, LLC:** 2007-02-20 through 2008-06-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519021; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert  Williams et al → Viking Mining, LLC:** 2008-06-13 through 2010-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519021; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David D  Bundy et al → Viking Mining, LLC:** 2008-06-13 through 2010-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519021; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David D  Bundy et al → Viking Acquisition Group, LLC:** 2010-07-26 through 2012-12-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519021; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Perian  Salviola et al → Viking Acquisition Group, LLC:** 2010-07-26 through 2012-12-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519021; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Andrew  Johnson → J & J Minerals, LLC:** 2012-12-10 through 2013-05-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519021; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ryan  Johns → Rhyno Corp LLC:** 2013-05-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519021; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 17
- 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 6 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 349 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 98 violation rows across the full record; 17 carry an S&S flag and $13,930 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 88 samples:** Occupational health samples 51 coal dust; 13 coal quartz; 24 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — 6 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 3 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 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 30 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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (7 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 6 rows; 2008-09-10 through 2012-08-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-05-03 through 2016-05-03; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 98 rows; 2007-03-12 through 2013-09-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2010-12-17 through 2012-08-28; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 51 rows; 2007-03-14 through 2013-09-18; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 3 rows; 2009-02-24 through 2011-03-11; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 660 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 103 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2007-02-20 through 2013-05-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 30 rows; 2007-03-12 through 2015-12-23; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 78 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 24 rows; 2007-03-14 through 2013-09-17; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 13 rows; 2007-03-14 through 2011-05-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 98 rows; 2007-03-12 through 2013-09-23; 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/long-fork-mine-1519021`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/long-fork-mine-1519021`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519021/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519021/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519021/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`