# SHM-47

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519371
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** Commonwealth Mining, LLC
- **Controller:** SDC LLC; Cox Enterprises LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 520
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**SDC LLC; Cox Enterprises LLC (0148501) → Commonwealth Mining, LLC (0109325) → SHM-47 (1519371)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Terry  Thornsberry et al → Major Elkhorn Mining LLC:** 2009-01-08 through 2012-01-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519371; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Larry  Thornsberry et al → Major Elkhorn Mining LLC:** 2009-01-08 through 2012-01-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519371; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Larry  Thornsberry et al → PIA Company, Inc.:** 2012-01-04 through 2017-03-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519371; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Daniel W  Bunn → MEGA HIGHWALL MINING LLC:** 2017-03-06 through 2021-08-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519371; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cox Enterprises et al → Commonwealth Mining, LLC:** 2021-08-31 through 2018-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519371; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **L C Management et al → Commonwealth Mining, LLC:** 2021-08-31 through 2018-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519371; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cox Enterprises LLC et al → Commonwealth Mining, LLC:** 2021-08-31 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519371; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **SDC LLC et al → Commonwealth Mining, LLC:** 2021-08-31 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519371; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 17
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 59 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 9 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 58 violation rows across the full record; 11 carry an S&S flag and $14,647 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 119 samples:** Occupational health samples 63 coal dust; 56 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 3 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 — 10K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 2K employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 19 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 6 contested-violation rows, 6 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 7 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 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 — 4 since 2021:** Inspections 36 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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (3 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.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 77.1702 — Arrangements for emergency medical assistance and transportation for injured persons; reporting requirements; posting requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1702
- **30 CFR 72.100 — Periodic examinations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-B/section-72.100
- **30 CFR 77.1708 — Safety program; instruction of persons employed at the mine.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1708

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2009-08-06 through 2017-11-08; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2022-10-25 through 2022-10-25; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 54 rows; 2009-02-09 through 2022-06-03; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 6 rows; 2014-06-04 through 2019-09-12; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 63 rows; 2009-07-06 through 2022-07-06; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 7 rows; 2013-10-28 through 2019-03-05; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 6 rows; 2013-08-21 through 2019-01-18; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 138 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 25 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 2009-01-08 through 2021-08-31; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 36 rows; 2009-01-26 through 2022-04-26; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 44 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 56 rows; 2009-07-06 through 2022-07-06; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 58 rows; 2009-02-09 through 2022-06-03; 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/shm-47-1519371`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/shm-47-1519371`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519371/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519371/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519371/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`