# Kathleen

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519447
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knott, KY
- **Operator:** KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC
- **Controller:** American Resources Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,770
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**American Resources Corporation (0150901) → KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC (0054616) → Kathleen (1519447)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **International Coal Group Inc (ICG) → KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC:** 2009-12-01 through 2011-06-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519447; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC:** 2011-06-15 through 2016-04-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519447; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Quest Energy Corporation → KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC:** 2016-04-12 through 2017-01-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519447; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **American Resources Corporation → KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC:** 2017-01-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519447; 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 12 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 673 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 311 violation rows across the full record; 80 carry an S&S flag and $144,885 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 346 samples:** Occupational health samples 293 coal dust; 24 coal quartz; 29 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 — 51 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 18 contested-violation rows, 18 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 15 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 64 inspection events and 3K 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 72.520 — Diesel equipment inventory.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-D/section-72.520
- **30 CFR 48.31 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 75.1600 — Communications.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-Q/section-75.1600
- **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 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.312 — Main mine fan examinations and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.312
- **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 75.1715 — Identification check system.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1715
- **30 CFR 75.1505 — Escapeway maps.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1505

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 12 rows; 2010-05-17 through 2012-01-16; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-07-02 through 2014-07-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 298 rows; 2009-12-09 through 2013-04-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 18 rows; 2011-08-16 through 2014-04-02; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 293 rows; 2010-05-13 through 2012-03-06; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 15 rows; 2010-10-28 through 2011-11-28; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 18 rows; 2011-01-11 through 2012-02-08; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 522 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 126 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2009-12-01 through 2009-12-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 64 rows; 2009-12-09 through 2014-01-28; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 27 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 29 rows; 2010-08-26 through 2011-11-22; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 24 rows; 2010-11-10 through 2012-02-20; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 311 rows; 2009-12-09 through 2013-04-08; 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/kathleen-1519447`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/kathleen-1519447`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519447/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519447/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519447/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`