# Freelandville West Underground

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1202423
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Knox, IN
- **Operator:** Triad Underground Mining LLC
- **Controller:** Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,976
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Sev.en Global Investments a.s. (0158381) → Triad Underground Mining LLC (0135214) → Freelandville West Underground (1202423)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James River Coal Company → Triad Mining Inc.:** 2009-03-05 through 2011-12-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202423; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Timothy R  Aull et al → Triad Mining Inc.:** 2009-03-05 through 2005-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202423; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joe  Aull et al → Triad Mining Inc.:** 2009-03-05 through 2005-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202423; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeff  Sermersheim → Triad Underground Mining L.L.C.:** 2011-12-27 through 2005-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202423; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Triad Underground Mining L.L.C.:** 2011-12-27 through 2014-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202423; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Triad Underground Mining LLC:** 2014-09-01 through 2020-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202423; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Triad Underground Mining LLC:** 2020-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1202423; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 15
- Interval anomalies: 3
- 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 23 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 83 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 312 violation rows across the full record; 76 carry an S&S flag and $209,362 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 946 samples:** Occupational health samples 762 coal dust; 59 coal quartz; 125 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 31 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 — 86 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 35 contested-violation rows, 35 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 16 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 150 inspection events and 7K 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 77.502 — 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 75.1909 — Nonpermissible diesel-powered equipment; design and performance requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1909
- **30 CFR 75.1911 — Fire suppression systems for diesel-powered equipment and fuel transportation units.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1911
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.362 — On-shift examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.362
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1731 — Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1731

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 23 rows; 2012-04-10 through 2016-03-03; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2020-03-17 through 2020-03-17; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 294 rows; 2011-01-06 through 2018-01-18; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 35 rows; 2012-08-16 through 2017-06-02; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 762 rows; 2010-10-27 through 2023-05-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 16 rows; 2013-04-24 through 2016-05-17; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 35 rows; 2011-08-11 through 2016-04-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 57 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2009-03-05 through 2014-09-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 150 rows; 2010-05-17 through 2020-03-17; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 74 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 125 rows; 2011-01-24 through 2016-02-29; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 59 rows; 2010-12-01 through 2016-03-02; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 312 rows; 2011-01-06 through 2018-01-18; 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/freelandville-west-underground-1202423`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/freelandville-west-underground-1202423`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1202423/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1202423/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1202423/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`