# Harlan #6

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4406781
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Lee, VA
- **Operator:** Sigmon Coal Company, Inc.
- **Controller:** James A  Sigmon
- **Public source rows linked:** 263
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James A  Sigmon (C00510) → Sigmon Coal Company, Inc. (P16825) → Harlan #6 (4406781)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Stacy  Roberts → Cns Mining Inc:** 1994-10-01 through 1995-07-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406781; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Clayton V  Roberts → Calvin Mining Corp:** 1995-07-11 through 1995-08-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406781; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eric D  Ball → Lee-Coal Mining Inc:** 1995-08-30 through 1999-08-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406781; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ball James T → Nova Fuels Inc:** 1999-08-16 through 2001-03-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406781; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles  Hunter → Hunter Coales Llc:** 2001-03-29 through 2002-01-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406781; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James A  Sigmon → Sigmon Coal Co., Inc.:** 2002-01-04 through 2002-01-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406781; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Larry E  Wright → Solid Fuel Energy, LTD:** 2002-01-18 through 2002-03-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406781; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James A  Sigmon → Sigmon Coal Co., Inc.:** 2002-03-22 through 2002-05-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406781; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joey  Taylor → Grace Mining Inc.:** 2002-05-09 through 2002-10-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406781; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James A  Sigmon → Sigmon Coal Company, Inc.:** 2002-10-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406781; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 28
- 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 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 88 violation rows across the full record; 35 carry an S&S flag and $10,020 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 20 samples:** Occupational health samples 17 coal dust; 3 coal quartz. 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 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 46 inspection events and 582 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 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 75.209 — Automated Temporary Roof Support (ATRS) systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.209
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.1720 — Protective clothing; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1720
- **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
- **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 75.370 — 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 75.1715 — 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 49.2 — Availability of mine rescue teams.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-49/subpart-A/section-49.2
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2002-02-22 through 2002-03-01; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2006-01-24 through 2006-01-24; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 83 rows; 2001-04-25 through 2006-01-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 17 rows; 2001-09-13 through 2001-11-26; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 1994-10-01 through 2002-10-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 46 rows; 2000-01-07 through 2006-01-05; 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:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 3 rows; 2001-09-13 through 2001-11-26; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 88 rows; 2001-04-25 through 2006-01-05; 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/harlan-6-4406781`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/harlan-6-4406781`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406781/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406781/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4406781/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`