# Auger #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4003239
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Claiborne, TN
- **Operator:** Dixie Carbon, Inc.
- **Controller:** Robert C  Gregory Jr
- **Public source rows linked:** 107
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Robert C  Gregory Jr (C16061) → Dixie Carbon, Inc. (0143113) → Auger #1 (4003239)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Dan  Chambers et al → Mountainside Coal Company Inc:** 2004-07-15 through 2009-01-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4003239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bert D  Hatmaker → Tripple H Coal, LLC:** 2009-01-07 through 2013-03-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4003239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William  Yeh → Tripple H Coal, LLC:** 2013-03-25 through 2015-03-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4003239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **River Energy JV UK Limited → Mountainside Coal Company Inc:** 2013-10-07 through 2009-01-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4003239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bert D  Hatmaker → Tripple H Coal, LLC:** 2015-03-12 through 2016-01-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4003239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert C  Gregory Jr → Dixie Carbon, Inc.:** 2016-01-11 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4003239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Damian  Caldwell → Mountainside Coal Company Inc:** 2021-04-16 through 2009-01-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4003239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 17
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 12 violation rows across the full record; 1 carry an S&S flag and $960 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 24 samples:** Occupational health samples 9 coal dust; 15 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 11 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 — 24 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 12 contested-violation rows, 12 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 14 inspection events and 223 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 62.130 — Permissible exposure level.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.130
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **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 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 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 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2010-01-25 through 2010-01-25; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 10 rows; 2004-11-03 through 2009-08-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 12 rows; 2010-10-20 through 2013-01-23; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 9 rows; 2004-08-16 through 2009-05-27; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 12 rows; 2009-02-10 through 2009-08-11; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2004-07-15 through 2016-01-11; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 14 rows; 2004-08-16 through 2009-08-11; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 3 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 15 rows; 2004-08-16 through 2009-08-19; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 12 rows; 2004-08-17 through 2009-08-11; 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/auger-1-4003239`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/auger-1-4003239`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4003239/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4003239/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4003239/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`