# #7

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519390
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Viper Coal, LLC
- **Controller:** Jody Dale Puckett
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,241
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jody Dale Puckett (0069491) → Viper Coal, LLC (0082364) → #7 (1519390)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **TECO Energy Inc → Premier Elkhorn Coal Company:** 2009-03-02 through 2009-11-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519390; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Harold E  Akers et al → South Akers Mining Company, LLC:** 2009-11-19 through 2010-08-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519390; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jim D  Akers et al → South Akers Mining Company, LLC:** 2009-11-19 through 2010-08-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519390; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Douglas K  Tackett → Mercy Mining, LLC:** 2010-08-25 through 2011-02-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519390; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jody Dale Puckett → Viper Coal, LLC:** 2011-02-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519390; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James H  Booth et al → Premier Elkhorn Coal Company:** 2015-09-21 through 2009-11-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519390; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Mark  Campbell → Premier Elkhorn Coal Company:** 2019-06-16 through 2009-11-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519390; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- 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 64 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 366 violation rows across the full record; 128 carry an S&S flag and $141,385 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 153 samples:** Occupational health samples 138 coal dust; 9 coal quartz; 6 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 132 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 65 contested-violation rows, 65 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 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 33 inspection events and 2K 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 75.1713-7 — First-aid equipment; location; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1713-7
- **30 CFR 75.1504 — Mine emergency evacuation training and drills.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1504
- **30 CFR 75.1714-3 — Self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-3
- **30 CFR 75.1107-16 — Inspection of fire suppression devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-16
- **30 CFR 75.900-3 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; procedures.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.900-3
- **30 CFR 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **30 CFR 75.512-2 — Frequency of examinations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512-2
- **30 CFR 72.630 — Drill dust control at underground areas of underground mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.630
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2010-02-17 through 2010-11-29; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-06-06 through 2014-06-06; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 358 rows; 2009-12-28 through 2012-12-20; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 65 rows; 2011-07-02 through 2013-08-19; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 138 rows; 2010-01-29 through 2011-11-22; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2010-05-19 through 2011-11-22; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 65 rows; 2010-02-02 through 2012-02-09; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 125 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 35 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2009-03-02 through 2011-02-02; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 33 rows; 2009-03-18 through 2012-11-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 23 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:** 6 rows; 2010-12-01 through 2011-06-20; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 9 rows; 2010-03-24 through 2010-12-01; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 366 rows; 2009-12-28 through 2012-12-20; 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/7-1519390`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/7-1519390`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519390/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519390/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519390/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`