# Abners Fork Splashdam Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4406907
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Buchanan, VA
- **Operator:** Clintwood JOD, LLC
- **Controller:** JOD Holdings LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,114
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**JOD Holdings LLC (0151681) → Clintwood JOD, LLC (0167173) → Abners Fork Splashdam Mine (4406907)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Alliance Resource Partners LP → Race Fork Coal Corp:** 1998-02-01 through 1998-10-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406907; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Billy Ray  Dotson → Dusty Coal Inc:** 1998-10-31 through 2001-06-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406907; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Corbin Eugene  Cline et al → Cal Coal Inc:** 2001-06-16 through 2004-11-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406907; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Philip T  Lambert et al → Snapco, Inc.:** 2004-11-08 through 2010-03-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406907; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robin M  Lambert et al → Snapco, Inc.:** 2004-11-08 through 2010-03-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406907; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **TECO Energy Inc → Clintwood-Elkhorn Mining, Inc:** 2010-03-10 through 2010-06-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406907; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robin Roy Belcher → P.B. Dirt Movers, Inc:** 2010-06-23 through 2011-03-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406907; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles T  Norman → N & N Mining, LLC:** 2011-03-22 through 2017-08-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406907; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James H  Booth et al → Clintwood-Elkhorn Mining, Inc:** 2015-09-21 through 2010-06-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406907; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ricky T  Lucas → Black Pearl Mining, Inc.:** 2017-08-02 through 2019-08-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406907; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Mark  Campbell → Clintwood-Elkhorn Mining, Inc:** 2019-06-16 through 2010-06-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406907; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J Mark  Campbell → Clintwood Elkhorn Mining, LLC:** 2019-08-13 through 2019-10-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406907; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **TECO Energy Inc → Clintwood Elkhorn Mining, LLC:** 2019-08-13 through 2015-09-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406907; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James H  Booth et al → Clintwood Elkhorn Mining, LLC:** 2019-08-13 through 2019-06-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406907; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **JOD Holdings LLC → Clintwood JOD, LLC:** 2019-10-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406907; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 15
- Typed edges: 36
- Interval anomalies: 4
- 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: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 234 violation rows across the full record; 73 carry an S&S flag and $28,307 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 404 samples:** Occupational health samples 328 coal dust; 39 coal quartz; 37 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 4 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 — 4 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 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 117 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 75.601 — Short circuit protection of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.601
- **30 CFR 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.900-1 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; procedures.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.900-1
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **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 75.372 — Mine ventilation map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.372
- **30 CFR 77.215 — Refuse piles; construction requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.215
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2000-08-08 through 2000-08-08; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-08-24 through 2023-08-24; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 233 rows; 2000-04-13 through 2018-10-31; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 328 rows; 2000-04-18 through 2013-03-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2002-03-14 through 2011-10-20; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 15 rows; 1998-02-01 through 2019-10-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 117 rows; 2000-03-24 through 2020-04-17; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 71 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 37 rows; 2000-04-13 through 2012-12-26; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 39 rows; 2000-04-18 through 2013-01-09; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 234 rows; 2000-04-13 through 2018-10-31; 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/abners-fork-splashdam-mine-4406907`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/abners-fork-splashdam-mine-4406907`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406907/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406907/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4406907/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`