# Tacoma Plant - **MSHA mine ID:** 4404264 - **Status:** Abandoned - **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous) - **Location:** Wise, VA - **Operator:** Mountaintop Inc - **Controller:** Steve Meade - **Public source rows linked:** 224 - **Source coverage:** 14 / 20 - **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z ## Current entity hierarchy **Steve Meade (C14417) → Mountaintop Inc (0051275) → Tacoma Plant (4404264)** Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim. ## Controller and operator valid-time history - **John M Prince → Spring Collieries Inc:** 1976-01-01 through 1993-08-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404264; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Theodore Colley → T-Berry Coal Company:** 1993-08-27 through 1995-01-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404264; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Steve Meade → Mountain Energy Inc:** 1995-01-30 through 2004-01-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404264; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Robert Jennings et al → Tri Energy, Inc. - Tacoma Plant:** 2004-01-16 through 2005-01-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404264; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Jim Shubert et al → Tri Energy, Inc. - Tacoma Plant:** 2004-01-16 through 2005-01-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404264; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Steve Meade → Mountaintop Inc:** 2005-01-25 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4404264; 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record. 2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 42 violation rows across the full record; 16 carry an S&S flag and $4,702 appears in current assessed amounts. 3. **HEALTH — 38 samples:** Occupational health samples 20 coal dust; 18 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 6 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 860 employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter. 5. **LEGAL — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number. 6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 36 inspection events and 506 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 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2 - **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103 - **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 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410 - **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400 - **30 CFR 77.402 — Hand-held power tools; safety devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.402 - **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502 - **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205 - **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 - **30 CFR 77.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.904 - **30 CFR 47.2 — Operators and chemicals covered; initial miner training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-A/section-47.2 ## Source coverage - **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-02-11 through 2016-02-11; source ID `msha-addresses` - **Assessed Violations:** 41 rows; 2003-08-11 through 2010-03-16; source ID `msha-assessed-violations` - **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2005-02-16 through 2005-02-16; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions` - **Coal Dust Samples:** 20 rows; 2004-06-30 through 2010-03-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples` - **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2004-01-22 through 2004-01-22; source ID `msha-contested-violations` - **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly` - **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 3 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly` - **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1976-01-01 through 2005-01-25; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history` - **Inspections:** 36 rows; 2000-08-17 through 2016-02-11; source ID `msha-inspections` - **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 36 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly` - **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly` - **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines` - **Noise Samples:** 18 rows; 2004-06-29 through 2010-03-17; source ID `msha-noise-samples` - **Violations:** 42 rows; 2003-08-11 through 2010-03-16; 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/tacoma-plant-4404264` - JSON: `/api/v1/mines/tacoma-plant-4404264` - Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4404264/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows) - Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4404264/relationships` - MCP resource: `mine://4404264/assessment` - Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`