# Cobra No 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1800529
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Allegany, MD
- **Operator:** Cobra Mining Inc
- **Controller:** Jason A  Kitzmiller
- **Public source rows linked:** 911
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jason A  Kitzmiller (0112061) → Cobra Mining Inc (P22808) → Cobra No 1 (1800529)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **H Edwin  Eckhart → Eckhart Coal Company:** 1974-05-01 through 1994-06-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 1800529; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alan D  Clark et al → Cobra Mining Inc:** 1994-06-29 through 2020-04-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 1800529; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Victor E  Clark Jr → Cobra Mining Inc:** 2020-04-07 through 2023-11-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1800529; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jason A  Kitzmiller → Cobra Mining Inc:** 2023-11-15 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1800529; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 10
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 101 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 21 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 58 violation rows across the full record; 21 carry an S&S flag and $7,741 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 464 samples:** Occupational health samples 312 coal dust; 27 coal quartz; 125 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 — 21K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 10K employee hours and 16 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 6 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 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 — 22 since 2021:** Inspections 97 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 134,474 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 38,134
- **Average employees:** 16
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Northern
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **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 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 77.205 — 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 77.1605 — 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 77.1606 — 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 77.1110 — 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 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 48.31 — Hazard training.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **30 CFR 77.402 — Hand-held power tools; safety devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.402

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2004-07-21 through 2021-11-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1998-03-06 through 1998-03-06; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 57 rows; 2001-05-29 through 2025-10-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2008-02-07 through 2008-02-07; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 312 rows; 2000-02-03 through 2026-07-13; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2008-02-22 through 2008-02-22; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2007-05-17 through 2007-05-17; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 35 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1974-05-01 through 1994-06-29; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 97 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2026-10-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 150 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 27 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 125 rows; 2000-02-03 through 2025-10-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 27 rows; 2001-07-31 through 2026-05-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 58 rows; 2001-05-29 through 2025-10-14; 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/cobra-no-1-1800529`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/cobra-no-1-1800529`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1800529/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1800529/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1800529/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`