# HWM 61

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3304642
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Greenbrier, WV
- **Operator:** South Fork Coal Co., LLC
- **Controller:** White Forest Resources, Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 841
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**White Forest Resources, Inc (0133023) → South Fork Coal Co., LLC (0120035) → HWM 61 (3304642)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **L C Management et al → Commonwealth Mining LLC:** 2010-03-03 through 2017-05-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 3304642; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cox Enterprises et al → Commonwealth Mining LLC:** 2010-03-03 through 2017-05-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 3304642; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Xinergy Ltd → South Fork Coal Co., LLC:** 2017-05-02 through 2016-02-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 3304642; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **White Forest Resources, Inc → South Fork Coal Co., LLC:** 2017-05-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3304642; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **SDC LLC et al → Commonwealth Mining LLC:** 2019-01-01 through 2017-05-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 3304642; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cox Enterprises LLC et al → Commonwealth Mining LLC:** 2019-01-01 through 2017-05-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 3304642; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 12
- Interval anomalies: 3
- 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 5 historical accident/injury rows; 2 coded fatalities and 1,018 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 131 violation rows across the full record; 43 carry an S&S flag and $133,762 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 145 samples:** Occupational health samples 75 coal dust; 70 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 2K employee hours and 9 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 116 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 51 contested-violation rows, 51 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 14 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 45 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 77.1504 — Auger equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-P/section-77.1504
- **30 CFR 48.27 — Training of miners assigned to a task in which they have had no previous experience; minimum courses of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.27
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.512 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.512
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2014-10-07 through 2019-03-07; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2019-12-13 through 2019-12-13; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 118 rows; 2010-08-03 through 2019-06-12; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 51 rows; 2011-09-15 through 2021-03-05; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 75 rows; 2010-08-18 through 2018-11-06; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 14 rows; 2015-05-07 through 2019-10-16; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 51 rows; 2010-11-01 through 2019-06-12; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 135 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 39 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2010-03-03 through 2017-05-02; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 45 rows; 2010-07-13 through 2019-06-25; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 82 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 70 rows; 2010-08-18 through 2018-11-06; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 131 rows; 2010-08-03 through 2019-06-12; 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/hwm-61-3304642`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/hwm-61-3304642`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3304642/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3304642/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3304642/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`