# Timber Tree #9

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519051
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** Parton Bros. Contracting, Inc.
- **Controller:** John H  Parton
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,450
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John H  Parton (C14115) → Parton Bros. Contracting, Inc. (P23601) → Timber Tree #9 (1519051)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **John H  Parton → Parton Bros. Contracting, Inc.:** 2006-09-28 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519051; 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 9 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 25 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 319 violation rows across the full record; 65 carry an S&S flag and $90,711 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 343 samples:** Occupational health samples 293 coal dust; 7 coal quartz; 43 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 5 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 2K employee hours and 14 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 207 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 99 contested-violation rows, 99 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 9 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 49 inspection events and 3K 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 48.7 — Training of miners assigned to a task in which they have had no previous experience; minimum courses of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-A/section-48.7
- **30 CFR 75.1726 — Performing work from a raised position; safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1726
- **30 CFR 75.1600-2 — Communication facilities; working sections; installation and maintenance requirements; audible or visual alarms.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-Q/section-75.1600-2
- **30 CFR 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 75.1714 — Availability of approved self-rescue devices; instruction in use and location.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 77.1707 — First aid equipment; location; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1707
- **30 CFR 75.1719-4 — Mining machines, cap lamps; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1719-4
- **30 CFR 75.1712-3 — Minimum requirements of surface bathing facilities, change rooms, and sanitary toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1712-3
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.1507 — Emergency Response Plan; refuge alternatives.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1507
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 9 rows; 2006-07-25 through 2012-03-03; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2012-08-15 through 2012-08-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 310 rows; 2007-05-01 through 2012-09-26; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 99 rows; 2009-09-02 through 2014-06-25; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 293 rows; 2007-04-09 through 2012-05-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 9 rows; 2007-06-26 through 2012-12-14; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 99 rows; 2007-07-25 through 2012-09-26; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 127 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 22 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 2006-09-28 through 2006-09-28; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 49 rows; 2006-10-04 through 2012-08-20; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 48 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 43 rows; 2007-06-19 through 2012-05-03; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 7 rows; 2007-06-19 through 2012-04-25; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 319 rows; 2007-05-01 through 2012-09-26; 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/timber-tree-9-1519051`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/timber-tree-9-1519051`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519051/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519051/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519051/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`