# Sextons Creek Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519584
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Clay, KY
- **Operator:** 7 Enterprises LLC
- **Controller:** Kyle W  Elza; Kevin  Elza; Jody K  Elza
- **Public source rows linked:** 354
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Kyle W  Elza; Kevin  Elza; Jody K  Elza (0142143) → 7 Enterprises LLC (0159293) → Sextons Creek Mine (1519584)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Randy W  Frazier → B & R Construction:** 2011-05-02 through 2012-10-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519584; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Doug  Queen et al → B & R Mining, LLC:** 2012-10-24 through 2013-06-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519584; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alon  Ballenger et al → B & R Mining, LLC:** 2012-10-24 through 2013-06-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519584; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Paul  Wilburn → Wilburn & Son:** 2013-06-10 through 2018-09-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519584; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Doug  Hall → DDH Construction Group, LLC:** 2018-09-12 through 2019-02-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519584; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jody K  Elza et al → 7 Enterprises LLC:** 2019-02-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519584; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kevin  Elza et al → 7 Enterprises LLC:** 2019-02-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519584; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kyle W  Elza et al → 7 Enterprises LLC:** 2019-02-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519584; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 18
- 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 71 violation rows across the full record; 31 carry an S&S flag and $13,859 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 61 samples:** Occupational health samples 32 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 27 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 36 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 16 contested-violation rows, 16 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 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 21 inspection events and 565 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 71.206 — Quarterly sampling; designated work positions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.206
- **30 CFR 72.100 — Periodic examinations.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-B/section-72.100
- **30 CFR 72.620 — Drill dust control at surface mines and surface areas of underground mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.620
- **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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2020-05-19 through 2020-05-19; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 70 rows; 2011-09-22 through 2019-11-21; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 16 rows; 2013-07-17 through 2019-05-08; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 32 rows; 2011-09-22 through 2020-03-11; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2018-10-16 through 2018-10-16; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 16 rows; 2012-12-03 through 2018-09-24; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 66 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 2011-05-02 through 2019-02-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 21 rows; 2011-09-14 through 2020-05-20; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **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:** 27 rows; 2011-09-26 through 2020-03-11; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2019-04-16 through 2020-03-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 71 rows; 2011-09-22 through 2019-11-21; 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/sextons-creek-mine-1519584`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/sextons-creek-mine-1519584`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519584/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519584/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519584/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`
