# Mine #3

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519268
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Bell, KY
- **Operator:** Double Mountain Mining LLC
- **Controller:** Michael  Blubaugh
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,024
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Michael  Blubaugh (0158841) → Double Mountain Mining LLC (0148973) → Mine #3 (1519268)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Ronald D  Robinson et al → Strata Mining, Inc:** 2008-07-15 through 2016-09-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519268; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Phillip E  Waller et al → Strata Mining, Inc:** 2008-07-15 through 2016-09-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519268; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **JW Resources Holdings Inc → Middlesboro Mining Operations, Inc:** 2016-09-13 through 2016-12-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519268; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Douglas  Warriner → Double Mountain Mining LLC:** 2016-12-28 through 2018-08-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519268; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael A  Blubaugh et al → Double Mountain Mining LLC:** 2018-08-16 through 2020-07-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519268; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Douglas S  Warriner et al → Double Mountain Mining LLC:** 2018-08-16 through 2020-07-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519268; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael  Blubaugh → Double Mountain Mining LLC:** 2020-07-28 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519268; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 15
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 3 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 145 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 51 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 154 violation rows across the full record; 26 carry an S&S flag and $46,629 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 302 samples:** Occupational health samples 187 coal dust; 27 coal quartz; 88 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 6 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 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 — 26 since 2021:** Inspections 73 inspection events and 3K 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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (5 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.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **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.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2009-01-19 through 2020-10-09; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-09-30 through 2024-09-30; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 143 rows; 2009-03-10 through 2023-03-09; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2021-12-01 through 2021-12-01; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 187 rows; 2009-03-10 through 2023-03-31; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2015-10-06 through 2021-05-06; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2021-01-06 through 2021-01-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 253 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 61 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2008-07-15 through 2016-12-28; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 73 rows; 2008-09-23 through 2024-10-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 20 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 88 rows; 2009-03-10 through 2023-02-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 27 rows; 2015-09-14 through 2023-03-09; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 154 rows; 2009-03-10 through 2023-03-09; 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/mine-3-1519268`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-3-1519268`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519268/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519268/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519268/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`