# #7 Prep Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4404212
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Buchanan, VA
- **Operator:** Wellmore Coal Company, LLC
- **Controller:** Metinvest B V
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,317
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Metinvest B V (0085453) → Wellmore Coal Company, LLC (P24416) → #7 Prep Plant (4404212)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **United  Company → Wellmore Coal Corp:** 1975-12-15 through 1997-08-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404212; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Wellmore Coal Corp:** 1997-08-26 through 1998-02-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404212; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth L  Stacy → Wellmore Coal Corp:** 1998-02-09 through 2000-01-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404212; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Southern Mining Co → Wellmore Coal Company, LLC:** 2000-01-13 through 2006-01-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404212; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Wellmore Coal Company, LLC:** 2006-01-02 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404212; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Wellmore Coal Company, LLC:** 2009-04-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404212; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 16
- 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 14 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 380 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 75 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 482 violation rows across the full record; 191 carry an S&S flag and $78,797 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 426 samples:** Occupational health samples 295 coal dust; 11 coal quartz; 120 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 700 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 38 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 4 contested-violation rows, 4 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 30 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 23 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 — 24 since 2021:** Inspections 255 inspection events and 6K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 7,085
- **Average employees:** 3
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 2

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.200 — Surface installations; general.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.200
- **30 CFR 77.216 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; general.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216
- **30 CFR 77.204 — Openings in surface installations; safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.204
- **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
- **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.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 14 rows; 2000-10-04 through 2020-11-11; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-08-26 through 2026-08-26; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 477 rows; 2000-03-25 through 2026-04-15; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 4 rows; 2006-03-14 through 2014-09-26; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 295 rows; 2000-05-23 through 2026-06-30; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 30 rows; 2008-01-09 through 2023-10-10; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 4 rows; 2005-04-21 through 2013-04-30; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,193 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 247 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1975-12-15 through 2000-01-13; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 255 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2026-10-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 150 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 27 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 120 rows; 2000-06-12 through 2026-05-05; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 11 rows; 2000-06-12 through 2024-03-25; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 482 rows; 2000-03-25 through 2026-04-15; 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/7-prep-plant-4404212`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/7-prep-plant-4404212`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4404212/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4404212/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4404212/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`