# Lige Hollow

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519497
- **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:** 983
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**American Resources Corporation (0150901) → KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC (0054616) → Lige Hollow (1519497)**

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:** 2010-05-17 through 2011-06-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519497; 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 1519497; 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 1519497; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **American Resources Corporation → KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC:** 2017-01-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519497; 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 4 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 4 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 241 violation rows across the full record; 53 carry an S&S flag and $47,295 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 282 samples:** Occupational health samples 252 coal dust; 4 coal quartz; 26 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 — 33 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 16 contested-violation rows, 16 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 52 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 75.1403 — Other safeguards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403
- **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 77.1605 — 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 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 75.807 — Installation of high-voltage transmission cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-I/section-75.807
- **30 CFR 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **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 75.203 — Mining methods.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.203

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 4 rows; 2011-08-12 through 2012-05-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-10-29 through 2014-10-29; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 233 rows; 2010-07-15 through 2012-09-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 16 rows; 2011-01-21 through 2013-08-26; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 252 rows; 2010-10-19 through 2012-05-16; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2012-02-02 through 2012-02-02; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 16 rows; 2010-07-15 through 2012-06-18; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 88 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2010-05-17 through 2010-05-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 52 rows; 2010-06-18 through 2014-07-28; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 24 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 26 rows; 2011-01-11 through 2012-02-28; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 4 rows; 2011-01-05 through 2012-05-10; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 241 rows; 2010-07-15 through 2012-09-13; 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/lige-hollow-1519497`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/lige-hollow-1519497`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519497/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519497/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519497/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`