# Poplar Lick Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519115
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Bell, KY
- **Operator:** L C & C Energy Incorporated
- **Controller:** Ray E  Collett; Richard  L  Collett
- **Public source rows linked:** 684
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ray E  Collett; Richard  L  Collett (C15938) → L C & C Energy Incorporated (0096286) → Poplar Lick Mine (1519115)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Robert L  Clear → Robert Clear Coal Corporation:** 2007-05-31 through 2008-07-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519115; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ray E  Collett  et al → Dataem Industries LLC:** 2008-07-17 through 2008-12-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519115; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Richard  L  Collett  et al → Dataem Industries LLC:** 2008-07-17 through 2008-12-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519115; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Richard  L  Collett  et al → L C & C Energy Incorporated:** 2008-12-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519115; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ray E  Collett  et al → L C & C Energy Incorporated:** 2008-12-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519115; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 11
- 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 4 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 12 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 98 violation rows across the full record; 51 carry an S&S flag and $19,970 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 101 samples:** Occupational health samples 51 coal dust; 50 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 — 29 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 14 contested-violation rows, 14 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 7 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 25 inspection events and 540 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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 62.130 — Permissible exposure level.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.130
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 4 rows; 2008-04-15 through 2010-08-12; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-03-01 through 2013-03-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 97 rows; 2007-11-17 through 2012-04-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 14 rows; 2008-10-22 through 2012-03-06; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 51 rows; 2007-09-24 through 2012-04-09; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2010-01-19 through 2010-01-19; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 14 rows; 2007-11-17 through 2011-01-11; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 217 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 52 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2007-05-31 through 2008-12-02; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 25 rows; 2007-09-21 through 2013-03-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 45 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 50 rows; 2007-09-24 through 2012-04-09; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 98 rows; 2007-11-17 through 2012-04-04; 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/poplar-lick-mine-1519115`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/poplar-lick-mine-1519115`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519115/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519115/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519115/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`