# No 3

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4405331
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Dickenson, VA
- **Operator:** Cove Coal Co., Inc.
- **Controller:** Glenn K  Mitchell; Marty  Fuller
- **Public source rows linked:** 737
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Glenn K  Mitchell; Marty  Fuller (0044201) → Cove Coal Co., Inc. (P24366) → No 3 (4405331)**

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:** 1979-12-01 through 2001-02-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405331; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eugene  Ball → Cove Coal Co., Inc.:** 2001-02-15 through 2002-09-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405331; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffrey  Cline → Cove Coal Co., Inc.:** 2002-09-03 through 2004-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405331; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Glenn K  Mitchell  et al → Cove Coal Co., Inc.:** 2004-07-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405331; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Marty  Fuller  et al → Cove Coal Co., Inc.:** 2004-07-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4405331; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 11
- 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 6 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 303 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 214 violation rows across the full record; 90 carry an S&S flag and $46,721 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 168 samples:** Occupational health samples 142 coal dust; 15 coal quartz; 11 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — 36 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 20 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 16 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 60 inspection events and 2K 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 77.701 — Grounding metallic frames, casings, and other enclosures of electric equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-H/section-77.701
- **30 CFR 77.516 — Electric wiring and equipment; installation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.516
- **30 CFR 77.512 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.512
- **30 CFR 77.505 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.505
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.1715 — Identification check system.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1715
- **30 CFR 75.800-4 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; record.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-I/section-75.800-4
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.900-4 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; record.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.900-4
- **30 CFR 75.312 — Main mine fan examinations and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.312

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 6 rows; 2002-11-19 through 2004-06-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2005-06-01 through 2005-06-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 209 rows; 2001-11-07 through 2004-08-31; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 20 rows; 2003-10-07 through 2003-10-07; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 142 rows; 2001-11-21 through 2003-12-05; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 16 rows; 2003-04-08 through 2003-04-08; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1979-12-01 through 2001-02-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 60 rows; 2001-04-18 through 2005-01-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 30 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 11 rows; 2002-08-12 through 2003-09-10; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 15 rows; 2001-11-21 through 2003-09-04; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 214 rows; 2001-11-07 through 2004-08-31; 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-3-4405331`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-3-4405331`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4405331/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4405331/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4405331/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`