# Mine No 4

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4406915
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wise, VA
- **Operator:** Falcon Coal Corp
- **Controller:** Jerry  Skeens; Eddie  Skeens
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,963
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jerry  Skeens; Eddie  Skeens (C09013) → Falcon Coal Corp (P19062) → Mine No 4 (4406915)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Thyssen Schachtbau Gmbh → Betty B Coal Company Inc:** 1998-06-01 through 1999-04-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406915; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jerry  Skeens  et al → Falcon Coal Corp:** 1999-05-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406915; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eddie  Skeens  et al → Falcon Coal Corp:** 1999-05-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406915; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- 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 21 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 691 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 328 violation rows across the full record; 141 carry an S&S flag and $33,939 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 834 samples:** Occupational health samples 676 coal dust; 119 coal quartz; 39 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 10 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 2K employee hours and 9 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 3 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 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 137 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 48.27 — Training of miners assigned to a task in which they have had no previous experience; minimum courses of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.27
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.504 — Electrical connections or splices; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.504
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.903 — Disconnecting devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.903
- **30 CFR 77.511 — Danger signs at electrical installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.511
- **30 CFR 77.513 — Insulating mats at power switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.513
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 21 rows; 2000-04-06 through 2005-08-08; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2006-03-29 through 2006-03-29; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 322 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2006-01-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 676 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2005-09-07; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2002-04-25 through 2004-12-20; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 213 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 37 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1998-06-01 through 1999-05-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 137 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2006-03-27; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 50 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 39 rows; 2000-02-29 through 2005-06-28; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 119 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2005-08-08; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 328 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2006-01-11; 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-4-4406915`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-4-4406915`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406915/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406915/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4406915/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`