# Laurel Fork Surface

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519302
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Martin, KY
- **Operator:** James River Coal Service Company
- **Controller:** James River Coal Company
- **Public source rows linked:** 451
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James River Coal Company (C13562) → James River Coal Service Company (0068343) → Laurel Fork Surface (1519302)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Clearwater Natural Resources LP → Miller Bros Coal LLC:** 2008-09-03 through 2010-01-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519302; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Resources LLC → Laurel Mountain Resources, LLC:** 2010-01-13 through 2011-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519302; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → James River Coal Service Company:** 2011-04-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519302; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- 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 1 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 31 violation rows across the full record; 14 carry an S&S flag and $4,472 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 32 samples:** Occupational health samples 21 coal dust; 11 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 — 330 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 2K employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 3 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 6 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 16 inspection events and 477 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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1100 — Fire protection; training and organization.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1100

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2009-04-13 through 2011-09-28; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2012-05-16 through 2012-05-16; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 30 rows; 2008-10-07 through 2011-07-27; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2011-09-21 through 2011-09-21; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 21 rows; 2008-10-10 through 2011-07-11; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2009-04-21 through 2009-04-21; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2009-10-28 through 2009-10-28; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 262 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 50 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2008-09-03 through 2011-04-18; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 16 rows; 2008-09-22 through 2012-05-10; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 15 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 11 rows; 2009-04-06 through 2011-02-08; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 31 rows; 2008-10-07 through 2011-09-28; 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/laurel-fork-surface-1519302`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/laurel-fork-surface-1519302`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519302/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519302/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519302/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`