# Cowpen Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519196
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Resurrection Coal, Inc.
- **Controller:** Jerry  Tackett
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,561
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jerry  Tackett (C11133) → Resurrection Coal, Inc. (0181394) → Cowpen Mine (1519196)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Jimmy D  Tackett → Calvary Coal Corp:** 2008-03-20 through 2012-02-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519196; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bee  Handshoe → Bee, B & B, LLC:** 2012-02-14 through 2013-06-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519196; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Covenant Coal Corp → Freedom Coal, Inc.:** 2013-06-10 through 2022-02-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519196; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Josh  Young → Bee, B & B, LLC:** 2019-03-07 through 2013-06-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519196; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jerry  Tackett → Resurrection Coal, Inc.:** 2022-02-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519196; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 14
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 17 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 259 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 633 violation rows across the full record; 139 carry an S&S flag and $106,572 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 501 samples:** Occupational health samples 447 coal dust; 16 coal quartz; 38 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 414 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 206 contested-violation rows, 206 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 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 — 20 since 2021:** Inspections 71 inspection events and 4K 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 75.360 — 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 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1731 — Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1731
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **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 75.1732 — Proximity detection systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1732
- **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 75.1107-4 — Automatic fire sensors and manual actuators; installation; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-4

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2008-10-16 through 2011-05-04; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-02-23 through 2024-02-23; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 610 rows; 2008-05-20 through 2023-09-22; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 206 rows; 2012-12-05 through 2024-04-10; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 447 rows; 2008-09-17 through 2023-09-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2014-06-19 through 2014-11-20; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 206 rows; 2012-01-20 through 2023-08-28; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 174 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 27 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2008-03-20 through 2022-02-02; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 71 rows; 2008-05-19 through 2026-08-27; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 102 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 19 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 38 rows; 2008-09-18 through 2023-08-10; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 16 rows; 2012-01-20 through 2023-08-21; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 633 rows; 2008-05-20 through 2023-09-22; 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/cowpen-mine-1519196`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/cowpen-mine-1519196`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519196/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519196/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519196/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`