# South Mine/Washplant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3304229
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Jefferson, OH
- **Operator:** Sterling Mining Corporation
- **Controller:** W Thomas  Mackall
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,619
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**W Thomas  Mackall (C00082) → Sterling Mining Corporation (P21337) → South Mine/Washplant (3304229)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **W Thomas  Mackall et al → Sterling Mining Corporation:** 1991-02-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3304229; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 1
- Typed edges: 3
- 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: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 17 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 211 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 244 violation rows across the full record; 97 carry an S&S flag and $27,929 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 744 samples:** Occupational health samples 642 coal dust; 25 coal quartz; 77 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 23 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 — 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 — 0 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 108 inspection events and 5K 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 77.1101 — Escape and evacuation; plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1101
- **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 77.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.904
- **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 77.102 — Tests for methane; oxygen deficiency; qualified person, additional requirement.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-B/section-77.102
- **30 CFR 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **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 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 71.404 — Application for waiver of surface facilities requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.404
- **30 CFR 77.401 — Stationary grinding machines; protective devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.401

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 17 rows; 2000-01-28 through 2009-12-30; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2020-10-06 through 2020-10-06; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 242 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2016-12-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 642 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2016-12-29; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 1991-02-01 through 1991-02-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 108 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2020-09-30; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 211 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 50 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 77 rows; 2000-02-28 through 2017-01-05; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 25 rows; 2000-02-10 through 2007-09-12; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 244 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2016-12-29; 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/south-mine-washplant-3304229`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/south-mine-washplant-3304229`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3304229/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3304229/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3304229/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`