# Auger Mine #2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518566
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wise, VA
- **Operator:** Triple H Fuels, Inc.
- **Controller:** Alex A Housley
- **Public source rows linked:** 356
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alex A Housley (0173481) → Triple H Fuels, Inc. (0186233) → Auger Mine #2 (1518566)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **G B  Hendrickson → B & H Coal Co Inc:** 2002-09-07 through 2020-11-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518566; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Martha J  Smith et al → Genesis Group, LLC:** 2020-11-20 through 2021-04-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518566; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James W  Smith et al → Genesis Group, LLC:** 2020-11-20 through 2021-04-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518566; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William K  Abraham → Virgie Clean Mining, LLC:** 2021-04-21 through 2023-01-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518566; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alex A Housley → Triple H Fuels, Inc.:** 2023-01-11 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518566; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 13
- 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 27 violation rows across the full record; 5 carry an S&S flag and $3,185 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 117 samples:** Occupational health samples 91 coal dust; 26 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — 1 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 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 — 9 since 2021:** Inspections 62 inspection events and 950 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 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.1702 — Arrangements for emergency medical assistance and transportation for injured persons; reporting requirements; posting requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1702
- **30 CFR 77.1707 — First aid equipment; location; minimum requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1707
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **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 48.31 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-05-31 through 2023-05-31; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 27 rows; 2003-01-07 through 2023-03-16; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 91 rows; 2002-10-21 through 2017-07-13; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2023-05-26 through 2023-05-26; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 24 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2002-09-07 through 2023-01-11; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 62 rows; 2002-10-09 through 2026-09-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 69 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 15 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 26 rows; 2004-09-14 through 2017-07-13; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 27 rows; 2003-01-07 through 2023-03-16; 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/auger-mine-2-1518566`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/auger-mine-2-1518566`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518566/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518566/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518566/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`