# No. 4

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407044
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Buchanan, VA
- **Operator:** AB&J Coal Co., Inc.
- **Controller:** Susie A  Smith; Elmer  Fuller
- **Public source rows linked:** 945
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Susie A  Smith; Elmer  Fuller (C07671) → AB&J Coal Co., Inc. (P22943) → No. 4 (4407044)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Elmer  Fuller et al → AB&J Coal Co., Inc.:** 2002-02-13 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407044; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Susie A  Smith et al → AB&J Coal Co., Inc.:** 2002-02-13 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407044; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 4
- 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 5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 91 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 124 violation rows across the full record; 35 carry an S&S flag and $9,483 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 244 samples:** Occupational health samples 208 coal dust; 11 coal quartz; 25 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 3 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 — 846 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 2K employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 3 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 79 inspection events and 2K 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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 48.31 — Hazard training.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 75.1103-11 — Tests of fire hydrants and fire hose; record of tests.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-11
- **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 75.1101 — 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 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **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 77.701-2 — Approved methods of grounding metallic frames, casings, and other enclosures of electric equipment receiving power from a direct-current power system.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-H/section-77.701-2

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2002-06-21 through 2003-12-05; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2006-03-15 through 2006-03-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 124 rows; 2002-06-20 through 2005-04-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2006-02-27 through 2006-02-27; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 208 rows; 2002-08-13 through 2005-06-13; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2005-01-26 through 2005-01-26; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2005-06-13 through 2005-06-13; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 266 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 60 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2002-02-13 through 2002-02-13; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 79 rows; 2002-03-22 through 2005-05-09; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 28 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 25 rows; 2002-08-22 through 2005-01-13; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 11 rows; 2002-08-13 through 2005-02-08; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 124 rows; 2002-06-20 through 2005-04-29; 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-4-4407044`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-4-4407044`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407044/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407044/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407044/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`