# GHM #51

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407079
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Whitley, KY
- **Operator:** Green Hill Mining Inc
- **Controller:** Laird T  Orr Jr.
- **Public source rows linked:** 182
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Laird T  Orr Jr. (C00934) → Green Hill Mining Inc (P08459) → GHM #51 (4407079)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Russell  Stacy → Southeast Contractors, Inc.:** 2003-07-24 through 2004-04-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407079; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Russell  Stacy → Southeast Auger Co., LLC.:** 2004-04-23 through 2005-07-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407079; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Laird T  Orr Jr. → Green Hill Mining Inc:** 2005-07-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407079; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 9
- 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 2 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 14 violation rows across the full record; 3 carry an S&S flag and $36,030 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 62 samples:** Occupational health samples 33 coal dust; 29 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 97 employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 6 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 3 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 33 inspection events and 723 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 77.1501 — Auger mining; inspections.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-P/section-77.1501
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 77.1006 — Highwalls; men working.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1006
- **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 77.1007 — Drilling; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1007
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **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 47.31 — Requirement for a HazCom program.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-D/section-47.31

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2003-09-05 through 2017-03-30; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2017-07-13 through 2017-07-13; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 13 rows; 2003-09-30 through 2017-10-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2018-11-01 through 2018-11-01; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 33 rows; 2003-09-30 through 2016-11-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 3 rows; 2017-10-11 through 2017-10-11; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2003-07-24 through 2005-07-18; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 33 rows; 2003-09-08 through 2017-03-30; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 36 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 29 rows; 2003-09-30 through 2016-11-17; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 14 rows; 2003-09-30 through 2017-10-11; 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/ghm-51-4407079`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/ghm-51-4407079`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407079/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407079/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407079/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`