# #4

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519262
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Leslie, KY
- **Operator:** LA Energy, LLC
- **Controller:** Vhonda  Dotson
- **Public source rows linked:** 406
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Vhonda  Dotson (0049573) → LA Energy, LLC (0059505) → #4 (1519262)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Ronald L  Gray → Three Bells LLC:** 2008-07-15 through 2010-05-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519262; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Vhonda  Dotson → LA Energy, LLC:** 2010-05-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519262; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 6
- 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 320 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 119 violation rows across the full record; 46 carry an S&S flag and $312,828 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 98 samples:** Occupational health samples 80 coal dust; 3 coal quartz; 15 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 — 11K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 3K employee hours and 10 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 — 1 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 22 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 75.1711 — 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 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 72.630 — Drill dust control at underground areas of underground mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.630
- **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 75.381 — Escapeways; anthracite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.381
- **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 75.204 — 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 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **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

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2010-10-19 through 2010-11-29; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2012-04-02 through 2012-04-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 104 rows; 2008-11-07 through 2011-06-24; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 80 rows; 2008-12-09 through 2011-04-29; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 37 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2008-07-15 through 2010-05-12; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 22 rows; 2008-07-31 through 2012-03-29; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 15 rows; 2008-12-09 through 2011-04-22; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 3 rows; 2011-03-15 through 2011-04-22; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 119 rows; 2008-11-07 through 2011-06-30; 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/4-1519262`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4-1519262`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519262/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519262/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519262/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`