# 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519057
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** PLATINUM ENERGY LLC
- **Controller:** Bill C  Smith
- **Public source rows linked:** 567
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Bill C  Smith (C16099) → PLATINUM ENERGY LLC (0159133) → 1 (1519057)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Jack M May → Right Fork Energy Inc:** 2006-10-31 through 2007-02-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519057; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Nathan  Williams → Netley Branch Coal Co Inc:** 2007-02-15 through 2008-03-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519057; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Nathan  Williams → Blackberry Energy LLC:** 2008-03-24 through 2011-02-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519057; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas W  Roberts → New Tech Mining Inc.:** 2011-02-25 through 2018-09-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519057; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bill C  Smith → PLATINUM ENERGY LLC:** 2018-09-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519057; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 15
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 221 violation rows across the full record; 83 carry an S&S flag and $51,400 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 76 samples:** Occupational health samples 62 coal dust; 5 coal quartz; 9 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 480 employee hours and 12 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 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 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.310 — Installation of main mine fans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.310
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **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 75.1714-3 — Self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-3
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.1715 — Identification check system.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1715

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-08-16 through 2023-08-16; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 197 rows; 2006-11-27 through 2009-04-27; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 62 rows; 2007-03-06 through 2008-12-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 3 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2006-10-31 through 2018-09-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 30 rows; 2006-11-16 through 2019-10-11; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 9 rows; 2007-03-13 through 2008-08-24; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 5 rows; 2007-03-06 through 2008-12-17; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 221 rows; 2006-11-27 through 2009-04-27; 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/1-1519057`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1-1519057`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519057/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519057/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519057/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`