# KIMBLE #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3304109
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Tuscarawas, OH
- **Operator:** KIMBLE CLAY & LIMESTONE
- **Controller:** Keith B  Kimble
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,018
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Keith B  Kimble (C07776) → KIMBLE CLAY & LIMESTONE (P18966) → KIMBLE #1 (3304109)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Floyd E Kimble → Kimble Clay & Limestone:** 1987-09-01 through 2001-08-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 3304109; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Keith B  Kimble → Kimble Clay & Limestone:** 2001-08-29 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3304109; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 5
- 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 15 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 414 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 3 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 79 violation rows across the full record; 25 carry an S&S flag and $12,381 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 347 samples:** Occupational health samples 218 coal dust; 19 coal quartz; 110 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 13 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 2K employee hours and 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 7 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 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 — 10 since 2021:** Inspections 74 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 14,610 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 7,624
- **Average employees:** 4
- **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 77.205 — 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 47.44 — Temporary, portable containers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.44
- **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 62.130 — Permissible exposure level.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.130
- **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 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 77.402 — 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
- **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
- **30 CFR 77.1608 — Dumping facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1608
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 15 rows; 2000-01-07 through 2014-04-17; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-04-01 through 2026-04-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 78 rows; 2000-06-07 through 2025-06-20; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2002-09-16 through 2010-05-21; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 218 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2026-06-23; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2005-07-07 through 2005-07-07; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2 rows; 2009-04-22 through 2009-04-28; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 119 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 32 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 1987-09-01 through 1987-09-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 74 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2026-06-25; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 218 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 45 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 110 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2025-06-20; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 19 rows; 2000-01-26 through 2025-03-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 79 rows; 2000-06-07 through 2025-06-20; 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/kimble-1-3304109`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/kimble-1-3304109`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3304109/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3304109/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3304109/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`