# Straight Creek  Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519702
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Bell, KY
- **Operator:** TORCHLIGHT ADVANCED FUELS INC
- **Controller:** Keith E  Thacker
- **Public source rows linked:** 7,083
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Keith E  Thacker (C15556) → TORCHLIGHT ADVANCED FUELS INC (0160733) → Straight Creek  Mine (1519702)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Emily  Rabnott → Rockhampton Energy LLC:** 2013-04-04 through 2019-12-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519702; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jack  Stump et al → KENTUCKY GEM INC.:** 2019-12-09 through 2021-02-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519702; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael  Runyon et al → KENTUCKY GEM INC.:** 2019-12-09 through 2021-02-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519702; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Headwaters Inc → Covol Fuels No.3 LLC:** 2021-02-10 through 2012-06-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519702; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Catalyst Resources LLC → Covol Fuels No.3 LLC:** 2021-02-10 through 2025-11-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519702; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Keith E  Thacker → TORCHLIGHT ADVANCED FUELS INC:** 2025-11-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519702; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 15
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 8 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 31 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,033 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 277 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 791 violation rows across the full record; 216 carry an S&S flag and $186,974 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 4K samples:** Occupational health samples 3,254 coal dust; 138 coal quartz; 333 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 43 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 2K employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 100 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 11 contested-violation rows, 11 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 78 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 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 — 97 since 2021:** Inspections 196 inspection events and 15K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 27,579 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 38,230
- **Average employees:** 21
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **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 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **30 CFR 77.800-2 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; record.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-I/section-77.800-2
- **30 CFR 75.382 — Mechanical escape facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.382
- **30 CFR 75.512-2 — Frequency of examinations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512-2
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 31 rows; 2013-10-25 through 2024-01-24; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-08-21 through 2026-08-21; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 767 rows; 2013-06-25 through 2026-04-28; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 11 rows; 2014-10-31 through 2025-02-20; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 3,254 rows; 2013-08-06 through 2024-11-19; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 78 rows; 2013-12-11 through 2023-10-03; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 11 rows; 2013-09-03 through 2023-02-02; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,049 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 226 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2013-04-04 through 2025-11-05; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 196 rows; 2013-06-20 through 2026-09-14; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 151 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 39 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 333 rows; 2013-08-06 through 2024-11-19; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 138 rows; 2014-08-07 through 2024-03-26; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 791 rows; 2013-06-25 through 2026-09-14; 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/straight-creek-mine-1519702`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/straight-creek-mine-1519702`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519702/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519702/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519702/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`