# Taloka Creek Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3402108
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Haskell, OK
- **Operator:** Farrell-Cooper Mining Company
- **Controller:** William J  Cooper
- **Public source rows linked:** 658
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**William J  Cooper (C00463) → Farrell-Cooper Mining Company (P03500) → Taloka Creek Mine (3402108)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **William J  Cooper → Farrell-Cooper Mining Company:** 2010-08-16 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3402108; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 1
- Typed edges: 3
- 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 9 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 913 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 70 violation rows across the full record; 28 carry an S&S flag and $26,114 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 171 samples:** Occupational health samples 112 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 57 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 9 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 6 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 3 contested-violation rows, 3 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 — 6 since 2021:** Inspections 35 inspection events and 1K 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 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **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 77.602 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-G/section-77.602
- **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 77.505 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.505
- **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 77.1606 — 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 72.620 — Drill dust control at surface mines and surface areas of underground mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.620
- **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 77.512 — 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 77.410 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 9 rows; 2011-05-24 through 2015-03-12; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-02-05 through 2026-02-05; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 68 rows; 2010-12-14 through 2016-09-12; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2015-12-09 through 2015-12-09; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 112 rows; 2010-12-07 through 2017-02-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 3 rows; 2015-01-07 through 2015-01-07; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 240 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 44 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 2010-08-16 through 2010-08-16; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 35 rows; 2010-12-06 through 2025-01-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 57 rows; 2011-07-13 through 2015-03-27; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2011-12-22 through 2011-12-22; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 70 rows; 2010-12-14 through 2016-09-12; 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/taloka-creek-mine-3402108`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/taloka-creek-mine-3402108`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3402108/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3402108/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3402108/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`