# Eaton Town Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519831
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Whitley, KY
- **Operator:** Marlow Energy LLC
- **Controller:** Derek W  Marlow
- **Public source rows linked:** 103
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Derek W  Marlow (0179481) → Marlow Energy LLC (0191253) → Eaton Town Mine (1519831)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Jason P Ford → Harlan Construction & Excavation LLC:** 2018-05-22 through 2018-07-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519831; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kevin  Elza et al → Seven Earthmovers,LLC:** 2018-07-16 through 2018-09-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519831; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kyle W  Elza et al → Seven Earthmovers,LLC:** 2018-07-16 through 2018-09-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519831; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jody K  Elza et al → Seven Earthmovers,LLC:** 2018-07-16 through 2018-09-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519831; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jody K  Elza et al → 7 Enterprises LLC:** 2018-09-28 through 2019-09-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519831; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kevin  Elza et al → 7 Enterprises LLC:** 2018-09-28 through 2019-09-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519831; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kyle W  Elza et al → 7 Enterprises LLC:** 2018-09-28 through 2019-09-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519831; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John T  Quintrell → Civil, LLC:** 2019-09-17 through 2022-07-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519831; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **River Energy JV UK Limited → Mountainside Coal Co Inc:** 2022-07-22 through 2021-04-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519831; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Damian  Caldwell → Mountainside Coal Co Inc:** 2022-07-22 through 2023-08-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519831; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dan  Chambers et al → Mountainside Coal Co Inc:** 2022-07-22 through 2013-10-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519831; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Derek W  Marlow → Marlow Energy LLC:** 2023-08-29 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519831; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 12
- Typed edges: 26
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 — 9 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 14 violation rows across the full record; 3 carry an S&S flag and $2,363 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 31 samples:** Occupational health samples 18 coal dust; 1 coal quartz; 12 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 — 3 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 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 — 18 since 2021:** Inspections 23 inspection events and 208 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 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 47.31 — Requirement for a HazCom program.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-D/section-47.31
- **30 CFR 71.501 — Sanitary toilet facilities; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.501
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 71.209 — Status change reports.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.209
- **30 CFR 72.100 — Periodic examinations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-B/section-72.100
- **30 CFR 77.1708 — Safety program; instruction of persons employed at the mine.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1708
- **30 CFR 77.1000-1 — Filing of plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000-1

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-02-08 through 2024-02-08; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 14 rows; 2018-08-02 through 2023-05-17; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 18 rows; 2018-11-14 through 2023-07-25; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2018-08-29 through 2018-08-29; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 12 rows; 2018-05-22 through 2023-08-29; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 23 rows; 2018-08-02 through 2026-10-06; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 12 rows; 2018-11-14 through 2023-06-02; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1 rows; 2022-09-20 through 2022-09-20; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 14 rows; 2018-08-02 through 2023-05-17; 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/eaton-town-mine-1519831`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/eaton-town-mine-1519831`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519831/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519831/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519831/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`