# Kennedy #2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4406872
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Buchanan, VA
- **Operator:** Knox Creek Coal Corporation
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Public source rows linked:** 446
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (0041211) → Knox Creek Coal Corporation (P23902) → Kennedy #2 (4406872)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **United  Company → Knox Creek Coal Corp:** 1997-04-01 through 1997-08-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406872; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Knox Creek Coal Corporation:** 1997-08-26 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406872; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Knox Creek Coal Corporation:** 2011-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406872; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 8
- 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 7 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 30 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 40 violation rows across the full record; 7 carry an S&S flag and $2,887 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 107 samples:** Occupational health samples 91 coal dust; 11 coal quartz; 5 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 1K employee hours and 10 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 5 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 5 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 27 inspection events and 570 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 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.208 — Warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.208
- **30 CFR 75.1101 — Deluge-type water sprays, foam generators; main and secondary belt-conveyor drives.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101
- **30 CFR 75.1101-14 — Installation of dry powder chemical systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-14
- **30 CFR 75.1101-8 — Water sprinkler systems; arrangement of sprinklers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-8
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **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 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:** 7 rows; 2000-03-14 through 2000-08-10; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2000-11-28 through 2000-11-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 40 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2000-08-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 91 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2012-01-26; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 5 rows; 2000-02-11 through 2000-05-16; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 164 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 43 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1997-04-01 through 1997-08-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 27 rows; 2000-01-07 through 2000-08-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 2 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 5 rows; 2000-02-02 through 2000-02-02; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 11 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2000-08-09; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 40 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2000-08-08; 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/kennedy-2-4406872`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/kennedy-2-4406872`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406872/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406872/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4406872/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`