# Apollo Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519240
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knott, KY
- **Operator:** ICG Knott County LLC
- **Controller:** American Resources Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 602
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**American Resources Corporation (0150901) → ICG Knott County LLC (0054616) → Apollo Mine (1519240)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **International Coal Group Inc (ICG) → ICG Knott County LLC:** 2008-05-29 through 2011-06-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519240; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → ICG Knott County LLC:** 2011-06-15 through 2016-04-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519240; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Quest Energy Corporation → ICG Knott County LLC:** 2016-04-12 through 2017-01-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519240; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **American Resources Corporation → ICG Knott County LLC:** 2017-01-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519240; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 9
- 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 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 34 violation rows across the full record; 5 carry an S&S flag and $5,472 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 25 samples:** Occupational health samples 18 coal dust; 7 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 — 5 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 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 20 inspection events and 346 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 75.312 — Main mine fan examinations and records.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.312
- **30 CFR 75.1200 — Mine map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1200
- **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 75.388 — Boreholes in advance of mining.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.388
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **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 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2
- **30 CFR 77.604 — Protection of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-G/section-77.604
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2008-09-04 through 2008-10-03; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-07-07 through 2014-07-07; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 31 rows; 2008-06-11 through 2009-05-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2013-02-15 through 2013-02-15; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 18 rows; 2008-08-26 through 2009-02-06; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2008-07-28 through 2008-10-08; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2008-09-04 through 2008-09-04; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 338 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 101 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2008-05-29 through 2008-05-29; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 20 rows; 2008-06-09 through 2013-09-26; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 34 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:** 7 rows; 2008-08-14 through 2008-08-26; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 34 rows; 2008-06-11 through 2009-05-13; 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/apollo-mine-1519240`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/apollo-mine-1519240`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519240/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519240/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519240/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`