# SHM-44

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1518978
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Boone, WV
- **Operator:** Rockwell Mining, LLC
- **Controller:** Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
- **Public source rows linked:** 882
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Sev.en Global Investments a.s. (0158381) → Rockwell Mining, LLC (0141655) → SHM-44 (1518978)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James River Coal Company → James River Coal Service Company:** 2006-03-29 through 2014-09-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Blue Diamond Mining, LLC:** 2014-09-04 through 2016-02-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Panther Creek Mining, LLC:** 2016-02-13 through 2017-12-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Rockwell Mining LLC:** 2017-12-05 through 2020-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Blue Diamond Mining, LLC:** 2020-06-01 through 2016-02-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Panther Creek Mining, LLC:** 2020-06-01 through 2017-12-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Rockwell Mining LLC:** 2020-06-01 through 2021-11-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Panther Creek Mining LLC:** 2021-12-01 through 2020-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Panther Creek Mining LLC:** 2021-12-01 through 2024-04-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Rockwell Mining, LLC:** 2024-04-11 through 2020-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Rockwell Mining, LLC:** 2024-04-11 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1518978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 11
- Typed edges: 21
- Interval anomalies: 4
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 6 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 12 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 126 violation rows across the full record; 44 carry an S&S flag and $56,608 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 273 samples:** Occupational health samples 158 coal dust; 3 coal quartz; 112 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 14 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 — 39K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 12K employee hours and 17 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 26 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 12 contested-violation rows, 12 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 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 — 15 since 2021:** Inspections 62 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 23,310 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 6,068
- **Average employees:** 10
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **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 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
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 6 rows; 2006-09-29 through 2026-09-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-12-11 through 2024-12-11; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 125 rows; 2006-08-02 through 2026-05-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 12 rows; 2009-05-20 through 2018-09-21; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 158 rows; 2006-08-21 through 2026-06-09; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2018-04-11 through 2018-08-17; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 12 rows; 2008-02-07 through 2017-10-25; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 93 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 22 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 11 rows; 2006-03-29 through 2024-04-11; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 62 rows; 2006-08-02 through 2026-09-03; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 116 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 20 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 112 rows; 2006-08-21 through 2026-08-07; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 3 rows; 2010-10-20 through 2017-08-28; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 126 rows; 2006-08-02 through 2026-05-14; 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/shm-44-1518978`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/shm-44-1518978`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1518978/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1518978/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1518978/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`