# Greasy Creek Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4406239
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Tazewell, VA
- **Operator:** Consolidation Coal Company
- **Controller:** Robert E  Murray
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,650
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Robert E  Murray (C13408) → Consolidation Coal Company (P00812) → Greasy Creek Mine (4406239)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Roy L  McCoy et al → G & A Coal Company Inc:** 1985-08-01 through 1987-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **CONSOL Energy Inc → Consolidation Coal Company:** 2000-08-22 through 2001-03-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Richard F  Baugh → Corbadd Inc:** 2001-03-23 through 2002-09-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dick J  Plaster → Harvest-Time Coal, Inc.:** 2002-09-24 through 2004-12-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **O A  Stump Jr et al → Double A Mining, Inc.:** 2004-12-07 through 2005-10-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kres B  VanDyke → VanDyke Mining, Inc.:** 2005-10-14 through 2006-06-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **CONSOL Energy Inc → Consolidation Coal Company:** 2006-06-28 through 2013-12-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert E  Murray → Consolidation Coal Company:** 2013-12-05 through 2001-03-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert E  Murray → Consolidation Coal Company:** 2013-12-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406239; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 23
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 18 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 194 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 373 violation rows across the full record; 212 carry an S&S flag and $57,323 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 567 samples:** Occupational health samples 479 coal dust; 51 coal quartz; 37 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 5 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 10 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 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 181 inspection events and 4K 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 75.1721 — Opening of new underground coal mines, or reopening and reactivating of abandoned or deactivated coal mines, notification by the operator; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1721
- **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 75.310 — Installation of main mine fans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.310
- **30 CFR 75.706 — Deenergized underground power circuits; idle days—idle shifts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-H/section-75.706
- **30 CFR 75.211 — Roof testing and scaling.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.211
- **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 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **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 77.1605 — 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 75.321 — Air quality.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.321

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 18 rows; 2002-01-26 through 2006-07-27; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2007-09-28 through 2007-09-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 358 rows; 2000-03-21 through 2006-08-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 479 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2006-06-06; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2003-09-04 through 2004-04-14; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 69 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 1985-08-01 through 2006-06-28; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 181 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2007-09-28; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 47 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 37 rows; 2001-09-24 through 2005-02-14; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 51 rows; 2001-06-15 through 2006-06-06; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 373 rows; 2000-03-21 through 2006-08-14; 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/greasy-creek-mine-4406239`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/greasy-creek-mine-4406239`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406239/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406239/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4406239/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`