# Mine No 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4406322
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Buchanan, VA
- **Operator:** Kentar Energy Company
- **Controller:** Metinvest B V
- **Public source rows linked:** 129
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Metinvest B V (0085453) → Kentar Energy Company (P24422) → Mine No 1 (4406322)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Tolbert P  Mullins → Prestige Coal Inc:** 1986-09-01 through 1991-06-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406322; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Edward  Horn → Horn Construction Company Inc:** 1991-06-12 through 2000-05-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406322; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth L  Stacy → Kentar Energy Company:** 2000-05-09 through 2006-03-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406322; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Kentar Energy Company:** 2006-03-23 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406322; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Kentar Energy Company:** 2009-04-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406322; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 13
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 11 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 6 violation rows across the full record; 5 carry an S&S flag and $523 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 78 samples:** Occupational health samples 61 coal dust; 7 coal quartz; 10 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 — 5K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 4K employee hours and 11 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 16 inspection events and 202 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 77.1606 — 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 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **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 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2001-08-07 through 2001-08-07; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2002-09-26 through 2002-09-26; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 6 rows; 2000-07-13 through 2001-11-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 61 rows; 2000-02-08 through 2002-02-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1986-09-01 through 2000-05-09; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 16 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2002-08-12; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 10 rows; 2001-02-05 through 2001-11-14; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 7 rows; 2000-07-20 through 2002-02-14; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 6 rows; 2000-07-13 through 2001-11-14; 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/mine-no-1-4406322`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-1-4406322`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406322/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406322/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4406322/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`