# Oxbow Lignite Surface Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1601164
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Lignite)
- **Location:** Red River, LA
- **Operator:** Red River Mining Company
- **Controller:** NACCO Industries Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,420
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**NACCO Industries Inc (C01333) → Red River Mining Company (P24526) → Oxbow Lignite Surface Mine (1601164)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Phillips Petroleum Company → Phillips Coal Company:** 1988-05-01 through 1989-01-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1601164; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **North American Coal Corp et al → Red River Mining Company:** 1989-01-15 through 2000-10-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1601164; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **NACCO Industries Inc → Red River Mining Company:** 2000-10-11 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1601164; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 9
- 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 11 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 216 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 15 violation rows across the full record; 0 carry an S&S flag and $1,070 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 122 samples:** Occupational health samples 77 coal dust; 4 coal quartz; 41 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 — 167K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 17K employee hours and 34 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 37 inspection events and 777 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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 77.505 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.505
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.512 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.512
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1710 — Protective clothing; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1710
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 11 rows; 2001-11-09 through 2009-10-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2009-12-30 through 2009-12-30; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 15 rows; 2000-04-26 through 2009-08-27; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2009-02-10 through 2009-02-10; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 77 rows; 2000-04-26 through 2008-12-04; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2008-02-21 through 2008-02-21; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 940 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 225 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1988-05-01 through 2000-10-11; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 37 rows; 2000-04-25 through 2009-08-27; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 24 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 24 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 41 rows; 2000-04-26 through 2009-08-28; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 4 rows; 2003-02-12 through 2004-03-30; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 15 rows; 2000-04-26 through 2009-08-27; 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/oxbow-lignite-surface-mine-1601164`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/oxbow-lignite-surface-mine-1601164`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1601164/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1601164/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1601164/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`