# Upper Second Creek Portals

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519364
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Perry, KY
- **Operator:** Perry County Coal Corporation
- **Controller:** American Resources Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,610
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**American Resources Corporation (0150901) → Perry County Coal Corporation (P24542) → Upper Second Creek Portals (1519364)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **TECO Energy Inc → Perry County Coal Corporation:** 2008-12-17 through 2015-09-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519364; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cambrian Coal Corp → Perry County Coal Corporation:** 2015-09-21 through 2019-06-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519364; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Mark  Campbell → Perry County Coal Corporation:** 2019-06-16 through 2019-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519364; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **American Resources Corporation → Perry County Coal Corporation:** 2019-10-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519364; 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 7 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 165 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 34 violation rows across the full record; 8 carry an S&S flag and $70,141 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 28 samples:** Occupational health samples 15 coal dust; 13 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — 16 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 8 contested-violation rows, 8 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 49 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 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **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 71.403 — Waiver of surface facilities requirements; posting of waiver.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.403
- **30 CFR 62.120 — Action level.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.120
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **30 CFR 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **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 62.130 — Permissible exposure level.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.130
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 7 rows; 2009-09-29 through 2010-09-23; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2011-06-20 through 2011-06-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 29 rows; 2009-02-24 through 2011-04-27; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 8 rows; 2010-09-22 through 2012-05-24; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 15 rows; 2009-06-11 through 2010-08-11; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 8 rows; 2009-05-28 through 2011-01-05; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,183 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 250 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2008-12-17 through 2008-12-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 49 rows; 2009-01-06 through 2011-06-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 13 rows; 2010-08-11 through 2011-03-14; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 34 rows; 2009-02-24 through 2011-04-27; 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/upper-second-creek-portals-1519364`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/upper-second-creek-portals-1519364`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519364/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519364/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519364/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`