# Auger No. 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407089
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Tazewell, VA
- **Operator:** Auger Coal, LLC
- **Controller:** Ultra Transport LLC; Jim Richardson Trucking & Construction LLC etal
- **Public source rows linked:** 246
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ultra Transport LLC; Jim Richardson Trucking & Construction LLC etal (0163181) → Auger Coal, LLC (0177433) → Auger No. 1 (4407089)**

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.:** 2003-12-03 through 2004-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407089; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Russell  Stacy → Southeast Auger Co., LLC.:** 2004-07-01 through 2008-12-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407089; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Laird T  Orr Jr. → Green Hill Mining Inc:** 2008-12-29 through 2015-06-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407089; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Roger L  Kirk → Roadway Unlimited LLC:** 2015-06-29 through 2016-02-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407089; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Laird T  Orr Jr. → Green Hill Mining,Inc.:** 2016-02-25 through 2024-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407089; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jim Richardson Trucking & Construction LLC etal → Auger Coal, LLC:** 2024-07-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407089; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ultra Transport LLC et al → Auger Coal, LLC:** 2024-07-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407089; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 18
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 5 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 21 violation rows across the full record; 4 carry an S&S flag and $2,377 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 66 samples:** Occupational health samples 39 coal dust; 27 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 — 6 since 2021:** Inspections 33 inspection events and 632 published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 8,168 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 2,201
- **Average employees:** 2
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 77.107 — Training programs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-B/section-77.107
- **30 CFR 48.23 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23
- **30 CFR 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **30 CFR 71.404 — Application for waiver of surface facilities requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.404
- **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 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-11-21 through 2025-11-21; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 21 rows; 2004-06-28 through 2025-11-19; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2026-03-02 through 2026-03-02; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 39 rows; 2004-06-28 through 2025-08-06; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2025-05-07 through 2025-05-07; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 32 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2003-12-03 through 2024-07-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 33 rows; 2004-02-20 through 2026-06-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 42 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:** 27 rows; 2004-06-28 through 2025-08-06; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 21 rows; 2004-06-28 through 2025-11-19; 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/auger-no-1-4407089`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/auger-no-1-4407089`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407089/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407089/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407089/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`