# No. 3 Mine - **MSHA mine ID:** 4406939 - **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed - **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous) - **Location:** Dickenson, VA - **Operator:** Apple Jacks Coal Company, Inc. - **Controller:** Cecil Nichols - **Public source rows linked:** 1,538 - **Source coverage:** 15 / 20 - **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z ## Current entity hierarchy **Cecil Nichols (C03164) → Apple Jacks Coal Company, Inc. (P24673) → No. 3 Mine (4406939)** Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim. ## Controller and operator valid-time history - **Kenneth L Stacy → Banner Company:** 1999-01-01 through 1999-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406939; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Ted Osborne Jr → Shady Lane Coal Corp:** 2000-01-01 through 2001-10-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406939; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Rocky Hill → Apple Jacks Coal Company, Inc.:** 2001-10-24 through 2010-01-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406939; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **United Company → Banner Company:** 2006-01-03 through 1999-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406939; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Metinvest B V → Banner Company:** 2009-04-30 through 1999-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406939; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Cecil Nichols → Apple Jacks Coal Company, Inc.:** 2010-01-20 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4406939; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - History rows: 6 - Typed edges: 15 - Interval anomalies: 2 - 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 5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 533 lost days across the published record. 2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 379 violation rows across the full record; 199 carry an S&S flag and $62,962 appears in current assessed amounts. 3. **HEALTH — 496 samples:** Occupational health samples 448 coal dust; 25 coal quartz; 23 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 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 92 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 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333 - **30 CFR 75.601-1 — Short circuit protection; ratings and settings of circuit breakers.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.601-1 - **30 CFR 75.1106-3 — Storage of liquefied and nonliquefied compressed gas cylinders; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1106-3 - **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400 - **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 75.1403 — Other safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403 - **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 75.1100-2 — 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 ## Source coverage - **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2002-10-23 through 2005-03-25; source ID `msha-accidents` - **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2008-12-17 through 2008-12-17; source ID `msha-addresses` - **Assessed Violations:** 369 rows; 2000-03-31 through 2007-02-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations` - **Coal Dust Samples:** 448 rows; 2000-04-17 through 2006-11-15; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples` - **Conferences:** 5 rows; 2003-12-09 through 2006-05-24; source ID `msha-conferences` - **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 98 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly` - **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 30 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly` - **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1999-01-01 through 2001-10-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history` - **Inspections:** 92 rows; 2000-03-29 through 2008-12-17; source ID `msha-inspections` - **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 47 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly` - **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly` - **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines` - **Noise Samples:** 23 rows; 2002-04-18 through 2005-12-08; source ID `msha-noise-samples` - **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 25 rows; 2000-05-01 through 2006-02-24; source ID `msha-quartz-samples` - **Violations:** 379 rows; 2000-03-31 through 2007-02-13; 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/no-3-mine-4406939` - JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-3-mine-4406939` - Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4406939/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows) - Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4406939/relationships` - MCP resource: `mine://4406939/assessment` - Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`