# D-5 Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519260
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** Rex Coal Company, Inc.
- **Controller:** Joseph T  Bennett
- **Public source rows linked:** 4,520
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Joseph T  Bennett (C15915) → Rex Coal Company, Inc. (P31844) → D-5 Mine (1519260)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Joseph T  Bennett  et al → Rex Coal Co. Inc:** 2008-07-15 through 2015-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519260; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jim D  Akers et al → Hubble Mining Company, LLC.:** 2015-07-01 through 2018-08-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519260; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Harold E  Akers et al → Hubble Mining Company, LLC.:** 2015-07-01 through 2018-08-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519260; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joseph T  Bennett  et al → Rex Coal Company, Inc.:** 2018-08-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519260; 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 39 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2,380 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 1 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 765 violation rows across the full record; 164 carry an S&S flag and $201,912 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,330 coal dust; 51 coal quartz; 151 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 26 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 956 employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 230 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 108 contested-violation rows, 108 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 14 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 9 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 — 22 since 2021:** Inspections 140 inspection events and 11K 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 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **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 75.1600-2 — 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 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 75.1202-1 — Temporary notations, revisions, and supplements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1202-1
- **30 CFR 75.204 — Roof bolting.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.204
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 39 rows; 2010-02-05 through 2017-02-09; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-02-06 through 2024-02-06; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 741 rows; 2009-03-12 through 2020-06-30; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 108 rows; 2010-07-20 through 2018-12-13; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,330 rows; 2006-06-20 through 2018-05-25; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 14 rows; 2012-02-02 through 2020-11-05; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 108 rows; 2009-03-12 through 2018-02-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 727 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 179 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2008-07-15 through 2018-08-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 140 rows; 2009-03-11 through 2026-09-14; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 129 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 32 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 151 rows; 2009-04-22 through 2018-05-09; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 51 rows; 2009-08-27 through 2018-05-09; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 765 rows; 2009-03-12 through 2021-01-27; 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/d-5-mine-1519260`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/d-5-mine-1519260`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519260/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519260/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519260/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`