# Island Creek 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519863
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Pike, KY
- **Operator:** Raven Coal, LLC
- **Controller:** Marian  Hicks; Jeffrey  Hicks
- **Public source rows linked:** 718
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Marian  Hicks; Jeffrey  Hicks (0167361) → Raven Coal, LLC (0167253) → Island Creek 1 (1519863)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Kevin  Ratliff → Landmark Mining Company, Inc.:** 2019-06-20 through 2019-11-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519863; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas B  Ratliff → Landmark Mining Company, Inc.:** 2019-06-20 through 2019-06-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519863; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffrey  Hicks et al → Raven Coal LLC:** 2019-11-08 through 2022-01-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519863; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Marian  Hicks et al → Raven Coal LLC:** 2019-11-08 through 2022-01-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519863; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David  Ison et al → Raven Coal LLC:** 2019-11-08 through 2022-01-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519863; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Austin B  Kirk et al → Amber Lea Contractors, LLC:** 2022-01-10 through 2022-03-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519863; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Tim B  Young et al → Amber Lea Contractors, LLC:** 2022-01-10 through 2022-03-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519863; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Marian  Hicks et al → Raven Coal, LLC:** 2022-03-08 through 2022-03-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519863; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffrey  Hicks et al → Raven Coal, LLC:** 2022-03-08 through 2022-03-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519863; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David  Ison et al → Raven Coal, LLC:** 2022-03-08 through 2022-03-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519863; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Marian  Hicks et al → Raven Coal LLC:** 2022-03-08 through 2022-01-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519863; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffrey  Hicks et al → Raven Coal LLC:** 2022-03-08 through 2022-01-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519863; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffrey  Hicks et al → Raven Coal, LLC:** 2022-03-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519863; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Marian  Hicks et al → Raven Coal, LLC:** 2022-03-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519863; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 14
- Typed edges: 23
- Interval anomalies: 6
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 103 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 137 violation rows across the full record; 49 carry an S&S flag and $66,678 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 148 samples:** Occupational health samples 96 coal dust; 15 coal quartz; 37 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 5 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 181 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 89 contested-violation rows, 89 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 25 inspection events and 1K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 32,430 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 22,058
- **Average employees:** 13
- **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 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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 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 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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.207 — Illumination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.207
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-01-09 through 2026-01-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 125 rows; 2019-06-20 through 2026-01-12; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 89 rows; 2022-10-13 through 2026-04-10; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 96 rows; 2020-02-11 through 2025-03-19; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2023-05-26 through 2023-05-26; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 89 rows; 2022-03-21 through 2025-07-28; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 43 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 14 rows; 2019-06-20 through 2022-03-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 25 rows; 2019-06-20 through 2026-10-06; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 26 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **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:** 37 rows; 2020-02-11 through 2025-03-04; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 15 rows; 2020-02-11 through 2025-03-04; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 137 rows; 2019-06-20 through 2026-01-12; 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/island-creek-1-1519863`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/island-creek-1-1519863`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519863/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519863/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519863/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`