# Belmont County Strip - Fox Farms

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3304386
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Belmont, OH
- **Operator:** Marietta Coal Company
- **Controller:** John  Nicolozakes
- **Public source rows linked:** 712
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John  Nicolozakes (C03631) → Marietta Coal Company (P04410) → Belmont County Strip - Fox Farms (3304386)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **John  Nicolozakes et al → Nike Mining Co. Inc.:** 1997-01-01 through 2004-05-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 3304386; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John  Nicolozakes et al → Marietta Coal Company:** 2004-05-13 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3304386; 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: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 13 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 494 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 132 violation rows across the full record; 49 carry an S&S flag and $16,423 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 244 samples:** Occupational health samples 150 coal dust; 14 coal quartz; 80 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 49 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 — 35 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 6 contested-violation rows, 29 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 81 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 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 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 71.403 — Waiver of surface facilities requirements; posting of waiver.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.403
- **30 CFR 48.23 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23
- **30 CFR 48.26 — Experienced miner training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.26
- **30 CFR 71.500 — Sanitary toilet facilities at surface work sites; installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.500
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 13 rows; 2000-07-21 through 2004-05-13; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-04-28 through 2016-04-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 123 rows; 2000-03-20 through 2013-05-30; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 29 rows; 2003-01-15 through 2010-05-21; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 150 rows; 2000-02-01 through 2013-05-30; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 6 rows; 2006-08-15 through 2009-03-30; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 1997-01-01 through 2004-05-13; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 81 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2013-05-28; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 64 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 80 rows; 2000-03-20 through 2012-12-19; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 14 rows; 2000-08-02 through 2005-04-10; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 132 rows; 2000-03-20 through 2013-05-30; 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/belmont-county-strip-fox-farms-3304386`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/belmont-county-strip-fox-farms-3304386`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3304386/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3304386/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3304386/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`