# Four Rivers Coal Inc

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1508935
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Bell, KY
- **Operator:** Four Rivers Coal Inc
- **Controller:** Johnny  Bowling
- **Public source rows linked:** 911
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Johnny  Bowling (C13678) → Four Rivers Coal Inc (P20015) → Four Rivers Coal Inc (1508935)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Buford  Keeton → Keeton Coal Company:** 1975-01-01 through 1979-04-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1508935; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charter Oil Company → Charter Coal Company:** 1979-04-20 through 1986-07-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 1508935; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Donnie T  Hoskins et al → D & N Coal Company Inc:** 1986-07-25 through 1988-08-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 1508935; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Johnny  Bowling et al → Four Rivers Coal Inc:** 1988-08-15 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1508935; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 12
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 7 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 119 violation rows across the full record; 37 carry an S&S flag and $11,998 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 210 samples:** Occupational health samples 116 coal dust; 4 coal quartz; 90 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 500 employee hours and 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 — 26 since 2021:** Inspections 118 inspection events and 2K 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 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **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 77.1110 — 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 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 77.513 — Insulating mats at power switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.513
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **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 77.1104 — 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 77.402 — 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

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1999-07-15 through 1999-07-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 119 rows; 2001-02-01 through 2026-01-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 116 rows; 2001-01-18 through 2026-04-13; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 99 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 26 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1975-01-01 through 1988-08-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 118 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2026-10-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 197 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:** 90 rows; 2001-01-18 through 2026-04-13; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 4 rows; 2002-04-30 through 2026-01-30; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 119 rows; 2001-02-01 through 2026-01-29; 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/four-rivers-coal-inc-1508935`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/four-rivers-coal-inc-1508935`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1508935/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1508935/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1508935/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`