# #31

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519492
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp
- **Controller:** James River Coal Company
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,203
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James River Coal Company (C13562) → McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp (P19831) → #31 (1519492)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James River Coal Company → McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp:** 2010-05-01 through 2011-03-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519492; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dennis  Daniels  et al → Superior Mining L. L. C.:** 2011-03-09 through 2012-03-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519492; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John (Michael)  Fannin  et al → Superior Mining L. L. C.:** 2011-03-09 through 2012-03-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519492; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp:** 2012-03-13 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519492; 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 6 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 4 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 227 violation rows across the full record; 90 carry an S&S flag and $57,326 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 206 samples:** Occupational health samples 169 coal dust; 5 coal quartz; 32 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 240 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 22 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 11 contested-violation rows, 11 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 44 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 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.904
- **30 CFR 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2
- **30 CFR 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604
- **30 CFR 75.605 — Clamping of trailing cables to equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.605
- **30 CFR 75.203 — Mining methods.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.203
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 6 rows; 2012-06-29 through 2013-11-25; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-04-10 through 2014-04-10; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 219 rows; 2010-09-24 through 2013-05-30; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 11 rows; 2013-09-12 through 2015-01-02; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 169 rows; 2011-05-09 through 2012-11-05; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 11 rows; 2011-11-10 through 2012-08-29; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 370 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 56 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2010-05-01 through 2012-03-13; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 44 rows; 2010-05-10 through 2014-01-06; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 38 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 32 rows; 2011-05-12 through 2012-11-07; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 5 rows; 2011-12-07 through 2012-11-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 227 rows; 2010-09-24 through 2013-05-30; 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/31-1519492`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/31-1519492`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519492/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519492/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519492/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`