# Clinch Valley Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4001627
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC
- **Location:** Grainger, TN
- **Operator:** Mossy Creek Mining, LLC.
- **Controller:** Hugh J  Moser III
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,463
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Hugh J  Moser III (M11415) → Mossy Creek Mining, LLC. (L14995) → Clinch Valley Mine (4001627)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Gulf + Western Industries Inc → New Jersey Zinc Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1983-07-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4001627; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Terra Industries Inc → Inspiration Mines Inc:** 1983-07-14 through 1990-06-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 4001627; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Union Miniere S A → Union Zinc Inc:** 1990-06-06 through 1994-08-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4001627; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Savage Resources Ltd → Savage Zinc Inc:** 1994-08-15 through 1999-01-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4001627; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pasminco Ltd → Pasminco Zinc, Inc:** 1999-01-31 through 2004-03-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4001627; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hugh J  Moser III → Mossy Creek Mining, LLC.:** 2004-03-29 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4001627; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 18
- 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 16 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 457 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 54 violation rows across the full record; 12 carry an S&S flag and $4,195 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 23 samples:** Occupational health samples 23 personal. 1 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 529 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 22 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 11 contested-violation rows, 11 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 35 inspection events and 796 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 56.14132 — Horns and backup alarms.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14132
- **30 CFR 56.11001 — Safe access.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11001
- **30 CFR 56.9300 — Berms or guardrails.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-H/section-56.9300
- **30 CFR 56.14107 — Moving machine parts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14107
- **30 CFR 56.13015 — Inspection of compressed-air receivers and other unfired pressure vessels.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-L/section-56.13015
- **30 CFR 56.14112 — Construction and maintenance of guards.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14112
- **30 CFR 56.12008 — Insulation and fittings for power wires and cables.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12008

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 16 rows; 2000-03-17 through 2004-02-26; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2006-04-14 through 2006-04-14; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 54 rows; 2000-03-28 through 2005-09-27; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 11 rows; 2005-12-29 through 2005-12-29; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 11 rows; 2005-04-19 through 2005-04-20; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 937 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 187 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2004-03-29; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 35 rows; 2000-03-27 through 2006-04-14; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 104 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 23 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Samples:** 23 rows; 2000-11-16 through 2005-04-20; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 54 rows; 2000-03-28 through 2005-09-27; 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/clinch-valley-mine-4001627`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/clinch-valley-mine-4001627`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4001627/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4001627/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4001627/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`