# RCR-1  Moss #3

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4402277
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Russell, VA
- **Operator:** Russell County Reclamation, LLC
- **Controller:** Bucwell LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 4,684
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Bucwell LLC (0200405) → Russell County Reclamation, LLC (0156513) → RCR-1  Moss #3 (4402277)**

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 2002-12-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4402277; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Dickenson-Russell Coal Company, LLC:** 2002-12-13 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4402277; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Dickenson-Russell Contura, LLC:** 2016-07-26 through 2018-03-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4402277; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bucwell, LLC et al → Russell County Reclamation, LLC:** 2018-03-27 through 2026-04-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4402277; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **WSWRS, LLC et al → Russell County Reclamation, LLC:** 2018-03-27 through 2026-04-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4402277; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bucwell LLC → Russell County Reclamation, LLC:** 2026-05-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4402277; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 15
- 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 47 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,482 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 29 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 640 violation rows across the full record; 269 carry an S&S flag and $105,784 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 626 samples:** Occupational health samples 479 coal dust; 20 coal quartz; 127 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 — 3K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 7K employee hours and 14 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 105 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 30 contested-violation rows, 50 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 25 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 24 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 — 20 since 2021:** Inspections 243 inspection events and 7K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 34,451 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 35,184
- **Average employees:** 17
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1302 — Vehicles used to transport explosives.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-N/section-77.1302
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 47 rows; 2000-03-07 through 2020-08-27; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-09-26 through 2018-09-26; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 639 rows; 2000-07-24 through 2026-04-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 50 rows; 2002-02-22 through 2020-08-24; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 479 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2026-09-11; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 25 rows; 2000-08-11 through 2015-04-28; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 30 rows; 2004-07-12 through 2020-04-16; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,782 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 353 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2018-03-27; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 243 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2026-10-06; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 202 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 39 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 127 rows; 2000-03-15 through 2026-04-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 20 rows; 2000-03-15 through 2026-04-15; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 640 rows; 2000-07-24 through 2026-04-14; 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/rcr-1-moss-3-4402277`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/rcr-1-moss-3-4402277`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4402277/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4402277/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4402277/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`