# Mettiki Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1800621
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Garrett, MD
- **Operator:** Mettiki Coal LLC
- **Controller:** Alliance Resource Partners LP
- **Public source rows linked:** 5,550
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alliance Resource Partners LP (C15455) → Mettiki Coal LLC (P23517) → Mettiki Mine (1800621)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **MAPCO Inc → Mettiki Coal Corp:** 1976-06-18 through 1996-09-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1800621; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alliance Resource Partners LP → Mettiki Coal LLC:** 1996-09-10 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1800621; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 6
- 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 226 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 4,236 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 668 violation rows across the full record; 193 carry an S&S flag and $90,980 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,795 coal dust; 190 coal quartz; 82 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 27 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 — 30 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 6 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 24 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 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 202 inspection events and 11K 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.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.900-1 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; procedures.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.900-1
- **30 CFR 75.1711-3 — Openings of active mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711-3
- **30 CFR 75.1403 — Other safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403
- **30 CFR 75.1911 — Fire suppression systems for diesel-powered equipment and fuel transportation units.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1911
- **30 CFR 75.1106-5 — Maintenance and tests of liquefied and nonliquefied compressed gas cylinders; accessories and equipment; requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1106-5
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 226 rows; 2000-01-09 through 2009-06-09; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2012-01-18 through 2012-01-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 652 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2011-12-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 6 rows; 2002-12-02 through 2004-07-28; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,795 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2011-12-13; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 24 rows; 2000-02-17 through 2005-10-14; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,308 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 251 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 1976-06-18 through 1996-09-10; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 202 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2011-12-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 121 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 21 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 82 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2011-12-13; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 190 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2006-09-20; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 668 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2011-12-13; 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/mettiki-mine-1800621`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mettiki-mine-1800621`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1800621/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1800621/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1800621/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`