# Sterling-107

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519601
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Bell, KY
- **Operator:** C & L Highwall Mining Partnership
- **Controller:** Ray E  Collett; Richard  L  Collett
- **Public source rows linked:** 86
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ray E  Collett; Richard  L  Collett (C15938) → C & L Highwall Mining Partnership (0096285) → Sterling-107 (1519601)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Richard  L  Collett  et al → L C & C Energy Incorporated:** 2011-06-22 through 2012-10-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519601; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ray E  Collett  et al → L C & C Energy Incorporated:** 2011-06-22 through 2012-10-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519601; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Richard  L  Collett  et al → C & L Highwall Mining Partnership:** 2012-10-16 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519601; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ray E  Collett  et al → C & L Highwall Mining Partnership:** 2012-10-16 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519601; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 7
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 11 violation rows across the full record; 5 carry an S&S flag and $1,572 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 39 samples:** Occupational health samples 21 coal dust; 18 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 14K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 6K employee hours and 13 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 8 inspection events and 218 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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2011-09-01 through 2011-09-01; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-04-01 through 2014-04-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 11 rows; 2011-09-06 through 2013-05-06; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 21 rows; 2011-09-06 through 2013-01-23; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2011-06-22 through 2012-10-16; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 8 rows; 2011-08-01 through 2014-04-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 3 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 18 rows; 2011-09-06 through 2013-01-23; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 11 rows; 2011-09-06 through 2013-05-06; 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/sterling-107-1519601`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/sterling-107-1519601`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519601/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519601/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519601/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`