# Trace Fork 1 Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519533
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Letcher, KY
- **Operator:** Cumberland Coal Corporation
- **Controller:** Keri Alyssa Findley
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,071
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Keri Alyssa Findley (0196660) → Cumberland Coal Corporation (0205833) → Trace Fork 1 Mine (1519533)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Ashland Inc et al → Cumberland River Coal LLC:** 2010-09-15 through 2005-12-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519533; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → Cumberland River Coal LLC:** 2010-09-15 through 2017-09-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519533; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Cumberland River Coal LLC:** 2017-09-14 through 2017-12-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519533; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Blackjewel L.L.C.:** 2017-12-12 through 2021-09-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519533; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James  Chisholm et al → Coking Coal, LLC:** 2021-09-08 through 2019-11-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519533; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles  Whitfield et al → Coking Coal, LLC:** 2021-09-08 through 2019-11-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519533; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lloyd  Hill et al → Coking Coal, LLC:** 2021-09-08 through 2019-11-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519533; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ascentia Inc → Coking Coal, LLC:** 2021-09-08 through 2025-10-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519533; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Keri Alyssa Findley → Cumberland Coal Corporation:** 2025-10-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519533; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 20
- Interval anomalies: 4
- 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 695 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 468 violation rows across the full record; 134 carry an S&S flag and $228,706 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 684 samples:** Occupational health samples 555 coal dust; 30 coal quartz; 99 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 36 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 100 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 215 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 93 contested-violation rows, 93 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 29 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 — 25 since 2021:** Inspections 75 inspection events and 6K 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 75.1504 — Mine emergency evacuation training and drills.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1504
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.1714-3 — Self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-3
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 77.511 — Danger signs at electrical installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.511
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 75.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.904
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1731 — Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1731

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 12 rows; 2012-03-29 through 2014-12-15; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-01-15 through 2025-01-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 459 rows; 2011-06-02 through 2015-10-27; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 93 rows; 2013-05-15 through 2015-11-09; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 555 rows; 2011-06-08 through 2014-06-20; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 29 rows; 2012-06-18 through 2015-03-31; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 93 rows; 2012-02-28 through 2014-07-07; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 2010-09-15 through 2025-10-02; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 75 rows; 2011-05-13 through 2026-08-17; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 114 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 99 rows; 2011-06-16 through 2014-03-06; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 30 rows; 2011-06-16 through 2014-04-09; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 468 rows; 2011-06-02 through 2015-10-27; 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/trace-fork-1-mine-1519533`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/trace-fork-1-mine-1519533`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519533/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519533/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519533/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`