# PIGEON CREEK

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4403088
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wise, VA
- **Operator:** Cumberland Coal Corporation
- **Controller:** Keri Alyssa Findley
- **Public source rows linked:** 8,852
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Keri Alyssa Findley (0196660) → Cumberland Coal Corporation (0205833) → PIGEON CREEK (4403088)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Westmoreland Coal Company → Westmoreland Coal Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1996-05-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4403088; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Harry W  Meador III → Stonega Mining & Processing Company:** 1996-05-20 through 2000-02-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4403088; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bill  Porter → East Mountain Processing Llc:** 2000-02-05 through 2007-08-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 4403088; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cumberland Resources Corporation → Pigeon Creek Processing Corporation:** 2007-08-06 through 2010-04-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4403088; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Pigeon Creek Processing Corporation:** 2010-04-19 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4403088; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Pigeon Creek Processing Corporation:** 2011-06-01 through 2015-07-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4403088; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Blackjewel L.L.C.:** 2015-07-31 through 2019-09-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4403088; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Industrial Minerals Group LLC → INMET Mining, LLC.:** 2019-09-19 through 2023-08-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4403088; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles  Whitfield et al → Coking Coal, LLC:** 2023-08-02 through 2019-11-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4403088; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lloyd  Hill et al → Coking Coal, LLC:** 2023-08-02 through 2019-11-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4403088; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James  Chisholm et al → Coking Coal, LLC:** 2023-08-02 through 2019-11-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4403088; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ascentia Inc → Coking Coal, LLC:** 2023-08-02 through 2025-11-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4403088; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Keri Alyssa Findley → Cumberland Coal Corporation:** 2025-11-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4403088; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 13
- Typed edges: 32
- 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 — 2 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 43 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,316 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 52 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,092 violation rows across the full record; 458 carry an S&S flag and $461,394 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 598 samples:** Occupational health samples 397 coal dust; 43 coal quartz; 158 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 8 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 — 882 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 403 contested-violation rows, 414 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 65 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 44 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 — 16 since 2021:** Inspections 269 inspection events and 10K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 18,706
- **Average employees:** 9
- **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 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 71.209 — Status change reports.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.209
- **30 CFR 77.216-3 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; inspection requirements; correction of hazards; program requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-3
- **30 CFR 77.200 — Surface installations; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.200
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **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 77.216 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 43 rows; 2000-02-02 through 2023-03-03; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-04-20 through 2023-04-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,083 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2026-02-26; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 414 rows; 2004-09-22 through 2020-11-28; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 397 rows; 2000-01-27 through 2024-09-23; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 65 rows; 2003-10-01 through 2021-09-14; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 403 rows; 2004-03-15 through 2019-11-20; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 3,816 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 793 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 13 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2025-11-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 269 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2026-08-19; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 220 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 41 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 158 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2023-10-26; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 43 rows; 2004-03-29 through 2022-10-06; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,092 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2026-02-26; 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/pigeon-creek-4403088`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/pigeon-creek-4403088`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4403088/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4403088/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4403088/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`