# S-14 Trace Fork

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519437
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knott, KY
- **Operator:** Revelation Energy, LLC
- **Controller:** Jeffery A  Hoops
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,057
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jeffery A  Hoops (C15863) → Revelation Energy, LLC (0100767) → S-14 Trace Fork (1519437)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Royal Coal Corporation → CDR Operations Inc:** 2009-10-13 through 2012-10-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519437; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Revelation Energy, LLC:** 2012-10-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519437; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 6
- 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 12 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 507 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 263 violation rows across the full record; 94 carry an S&S flag and $147,348 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 164 samples:** Occupational health samples 116 coal dust; 5 coal quartz; 43 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 5 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 1K employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 138 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 67 contested-violation rows, 67 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 22 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 30 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 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.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **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 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **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 77.409 — Shovels, draglines, and tractors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.409

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 12 rows; 2009-10-24 through 2015-08-01; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-07-07 through 2016-07-07; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 260 rows; 2009-10-20 through 2016-05-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 67 rows; 2011-05-10 through 2018-03-14; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 116 rows; 2009-12-11 through 2016-06-27; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2010-05-04 through 2010-05-04; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 67 rows; 2010-03-26 through 2016-05-10; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,766 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 381 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2009-10-13 through 2012-10-09; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 30 rows; 2009-10-20 through 2016-05-25; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 31 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 43 rows; 2009-12-11 through 2016-04-06; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 5 rows; 2009-12-11 through 2016-04-06; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 263 rows; 2009-10-20 through 2016-05-10; 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/s-14-trace-fork-1519437`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/s-14-trace-fork-1519437`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519437/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519437/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519437/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`