# Highsplint Strip Job #26

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519455
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** 4TH Gen Fuels LLC
- **Controller:** Thomas J  Loving; Joseph T  Bennett Jr; Andrew T  Loving
- **Public source rows linked:** 376
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Thomas J  Loving; Joseph T  Bennett Jr; Andrew T  Loving (0154601) → 4TH Gen Fuels LLC (0169973) → Highsplint Strip Job #26 (1519455)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Joseph T  Bennett  et al → Dixie Fuel Company LLC:** 2009-12-16 through 2020-06-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519455; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Andrew T  Loving et al → 4TH Gen Fuels LLC:** 2020-06-22 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519455; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joseph T  Bennett Jr et al → 4TH Gen Fuels LLC:** 2020-06-22 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519455; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas J  Loving et al → 4TH Gen Fuels LLC:** 2020-06-22 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519455; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 8
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 68 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 3 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 59 violation rows across the full record; 3 carry an S&S flag and $6,765 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 161 samples:** Occupational health samples 96 coal dust; 5 coal quartz; 60 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 4 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 5 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 — 5 since 2021:** Inspections 42 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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (5 retained recent rows) — 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.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 72.620 — Drill dust control at surface mines and surface areas of underground mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.620
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2010-08-23 through 2021-02-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2022-03-02 through 2022-03-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 59 rows; 2010-06-16 through 2021-03-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2013-07-17 through 2013-08-07; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 96 rows; 2010-06-21 through 2021-06-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2012-01-19 through 2012-01-19; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2012-06-28 through 2012-11-29; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2009-12-16 through 2020-06-22; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 42 rows; 2010-06-14 through 2022-03-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **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:** 60 rows; 2010-06-21 through 2021-03-02; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 5 rows; 2019-08-14 through 2021-03-02; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 59 rows; 2010-06-16 through 2021-03-08; 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/highsplint-strip-job-26-1519455`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/highsplint-strip-job-26-1519455`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519455/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519455/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519455/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`