# Pardee/Wax

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407060
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Lee, VA
- **Operator:** Powell Mountain Energy LLC
- **Controller:** Jeffery A  Hoops
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,527
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jeffery A  Hoops (C15863) → Powell Mountain Energy LLC (0089126) → Pardee/Wax (4407060)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Progress Energy Inc → Powell Mountain Coal Co., Inc.:** 2002-09-25 through 2008-03-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407060; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Karat Acquisition LLC → Powell Mountain Energy LLC:** 2008-03-07 through 2008-05-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407060; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Coal Group Inc (ICG) → Powell Mountain Energy LLC:** 2008-05-27 through 2011-06-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407060; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → Powell Mountain Energy LLC:** 2011-06-15 through 2017-09-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407060; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Powell Mountain Energy LLC:** 2017-09-14 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407060; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 12
- 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 54 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,144 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 301 violation rows across the full record; 126 carry an S&S flag and $77,854 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 529 samples:** Occupational health samples 439 coal dust; 69 coal quartz; 21 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 9 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 5K employee hours and 66 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 24 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 6 contested-violation rows, 6 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 12 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 87 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 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **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
- **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 75.512 — 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 75.900 — Low- and medium-voltage circuits serving three-phase alternating current equipment; circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.900
- **30 CFR 75.1710 — Canopies or cabs; diesel-powered and electric face equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1710
- **30 CFR 75.1101-7 — Installation of water sprinkler systems; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-7
- **30 CFR 75.605 — Clamping of trailing cables to equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.605

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 54 rows; 2003-05-22 through 2007-03-27; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2011-03-29 through 2011-03-29; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 280 rows; 2002-11-08 through 2008-06-19; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 6 rows; 2008-01-25 through 2009-02-27; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 439 rows; 2002-11-27 through 2007-02-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 12 rows; 2003-10-01 through 2007-03-20; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 6 rows; 2007-01-25 through 2007-03-16; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 166 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 24 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2002-09-25 through 2008-03-07; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 87 rows; 2002-10-15 through 2011-03-29; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 43 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 21 rows; 2003-02-11 through 2006-09-11; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 69 rows; 2002-11-27 through 2006-11-21; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 301 rows; 2002-11-08 through 2008-06-19; 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/pardee-wax-4407060`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/pardee-wax-4407060`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407060/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407060/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407060/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`