# Wilburn

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1519865
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Whitley, KY
- **Operator:** H,L & S, Inc.
- **Controller:** Jim  Hall; Matthew  Shepherd; Cecil  Lewis; Greg  Hensley
- **Public source rows linked:** 251
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jim  Hall; Matthew  Shepherd; Cecil  Lewis; Greg  Hensley (0170561) → H,L & S, Inc. (0183873) → Wilburn (1519865)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Michael S  Frederick → Lee Coal, LLC:** 2019-09-10 through 2020-09-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519865; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Paul  Wilburn → Wilburn and Sons:** 2020-09-09 through 2022-03-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519865; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jon S Crouse → NC Spuds:** 2022-03-09 through 2022-06-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519865; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cecil  Lewis et al → H,L & S, Inc.:** 2022-06-07 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519865; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jim  Hall et al → H,L & S, Inc.:** 2022-06-07 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519865; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Matthew  Shepherd et al → H,L & S, Inc.:** 2022-06-07 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519865; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Greg  Hensley et al → H,L & S, Inc.:** 2022-06-07 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1519865; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 15
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 9 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 10 violation rows across the full record; 0 carry an S&S flag and $1,467 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 44 samples:** Occupational health samples 26 coal dust; 3 coal quartz; 15 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 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 — 2 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 — 12 since 2021:** Inspections 20 inspection events and 278 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 48.28 — Annual refresher training of miners; minimum courses of instruction; hours of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.28
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.1102 — Warning signs; smoking and open flame.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1102
- **30 CFR 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-01-29 through 2024-01-29; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 10 rows; 2019-10-03 through 2023-05-12; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 26 rows; 2022-09-14 through 2023-08-01; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 114 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 33 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2019-09-10 through 2022-06-07; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 20 rows; 2019-10-03 through 2023-10-19; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 8 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:** 15 rows; 2022-09-14 through 2023-06-09; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 3 rows; 2023-02-23 through 2023-06-09; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 10 rows; 2019-10-03 through 2023-05-12; 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/wilburn-1519865`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/wilburn-1519865`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1519865/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1519865/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1519865/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`