# #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4406227
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Tazewell, VA
- **Operator:** Bear Ridge Mining Inc
- **Controller:** Estil  Stillwell
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,180
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Estil  Stillwell (C11913) → Bear Ridge Mining Inc (P16839) → #1 (4406227)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Estil  Stillwell → Bear Ridge Mining Inc:** 1985-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406227; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 1
- Typed edges: 3
- 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 37 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,653 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 264 violation rows across the full record; 158 carry an S&S flag and $43,274 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 295 samples:** Occupational health samples 261 coal dust; 24 coal quartz; 10 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 3 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 121 inspection events and 3K 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 75.512-2 — Frequency of examinations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512-2
- **30 CFR 75.1914 — Maintenance of diesel-powered equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1914
- **30 CFR 77.800-2 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; record.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-I/section-77.800-2
- **30 CFR 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.1714-3 — Self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-3
- **30 CFR 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 37 rows; 2000-01-21 through 2002-10-25; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2003-05-14 through 2003-05-14; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 260 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2002-11-06; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 261 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2002-05-30; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2001-05-18 through 2002-04-24; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 125 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 30 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 1985-06-01 through 1985-06-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 121 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2003-04-24; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 33 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 10 rows; 2000-03-27 through 2002-03-25; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 24 rows; 2000-03-13 through 2002-01-17; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 264 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2002-11-06; 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/1-4406227`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1-4406227`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406227/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406227/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4406227/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`