# Putney Darby Mine #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519827
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Harlan, KY
- **Operator:** 101 Coal Inc.
- **Controller:** Thorberg Collectorate Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,165
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Thorberg Collectorate Inc (0194980) → 101 Coal Inc. (0202513) → Putney Darby Mine #1 (1519827)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Tim B  Lusby → JRL Coal Inc:** 2018-02-28 through 2025-06-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519827; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **George  Hillyer → 101 Coal Inc.:** 2025-06-25 through 2025-07-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519827; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thorberg Collectorate Inc → 101 Coal Inc.:** 2025-07-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519827; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 8
- 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 — 17 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 27 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 444 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 337 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 547 violation rows across the full record; 105 carry an S&S flag and $185,392 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,451 coal dust; 51 coal quartz; 142 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 28 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 — 89 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 34 contested-violation rows, 34 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 21 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 — 70 since 2021:** Inspections 109 inspection events and 8K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 119,148 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 75,734
- **Average employees:** 38
- **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 49.16 — Equipment and maintenance requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-49/subpart-B/section-49.16
- **30 CFR 75.320 — Air quality detectors and measurement devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.320
- **30 CFR 75.1101-10 — Water sprinkler systems; fire warning devices at belt drives.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-10
- **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 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.1103-8 — Automatic fire sensor and warning device systems; examination and test requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-8
- **30 CFR 75.1702 — Smoking; prohibition.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1702
- **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 75.1403 — Other safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403
- **30 CFR 75.1714-6 — Emergency tethers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-6
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 27 rows; 2019-01-31 through 2024-04-09; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-01-09 through 2025-01-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 523 rows; 2018-05-02 through 2024-09-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 34 rows; 2018-09-13 through 2025-03-19; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,451 rows; 2018-06-06 through 2024-08-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 21 rows; 2018-07-09 through 2024-11-27; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 34 rows; 2018-05-02 through 2024-05-23; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 150 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 45 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2018-02-28 through 2025-06-25; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 109 rows; 2018-04-04 through 2026-08-31; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 26 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 142 rows; 2018-06-06 through 2024-06-13; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 51 rows; 2018-06-06 through 2024-05-08; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 547 rows; 2018-05-02 through 2024-09-05; 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/putney-darby-mine-1-1519827`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/putney-darby-mine-1-1519827`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519827/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519827/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519827/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`