# No. 4

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4400280
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Dickenson, VA
- **Operator:** L & J Equipment Company
- **Controller:** Fred  McGlothlin
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,261
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Fred  McGlothlin (C09311) → L & J Equipment Company (P23554) → No. 4 (4400280)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Pittston Company → Clinchfield Coal Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1995-02-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4400280; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Barton Carson Grabern & Chad → Barton Mining Incorported:** 1995-02-24 through 1998-06-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4400280; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pittston Company → Clinchfield Coal Company:** 1998-06-29 through 2000-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4400280; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eugene  Ball → Cove Coal Co., Inc.:** 2000-11-09 through 2001-10-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4400280; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Fred  McGlothlin et al → L & J Equipment Company:** 2001-10-29 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4400280; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffrey  Cline → Cove Coal Co., Inc.:** 2002-09-03 through 2001-10-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4400280; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Marty  Fuller  et al → Cove Coal Co., Inc.:** 2004-07-26 through 2001-10-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4400280; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Glenn K  Mitchell  et al → Cove Coal Co., Inc.:** 2004-07-26 through 2001-10-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4400280; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 19
- 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 4 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 230 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 266 violation rows across the full record; 103 carry an S&S flag and $24,724 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 508 samples:** Occupational health samples 454 coal dust; 27 coal quartz; 27 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 4 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 — 20K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 10K employee hours and 19 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 — 1 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 101 inspection events and 3K 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 75.1101-1 — Deluge-type water spray systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-1
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 75.900 — Low- and medium-voltage circuits serving three-phase alternating current equipment; circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.900
- **30 CFR 77.807 — Installation of high-voltage transmission cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-I/section-77.807
- **30 CFR 75.516 — Power wires; support.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.516

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 4 rows; 2003-08-04 through 2006-10-09; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2007-08-15 through 2007-08-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 264 rows; 2000-12-01 through 2007-06-27; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 454 rows; 2001-02-14 through 2007-06-27; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 32 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2001-10-29; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 101 rows; 2000-12-01 through 2007-08-14; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 54 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 27 rows; 2002-08-15 through 2006-09-14; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 27 rows; 2001-08-17 through 2007-03-12; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 266 rows; 2000-12-01 through 2007-06-27; 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/no-4-4400280`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-4-4400280`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4400280/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4400280/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4400280/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`