# True Energy Fuels Mine No. 2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407124
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wise, VA
- **Operator:** True Energy Fuels LLC
- **Controller:** David  Ison
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,423
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**David  Ison (0165201) → True Energy Fuels LLC (0109385) → True Energy Fuels Mine No. 2 (4407124)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Craig A  Beck et al → Pound River Operations LLC:** 2005-03-21 through 2005-10-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407124; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **(Landon) Keller  Smith et al → Pound River Operations LLC:** 2005-03-21 through 2005-10-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407124; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William P  Owens et al → J P O Contracting, LLC:** 2005-10-17 through 2009-01-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407124; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Glenna M  Owens et al → J P O Contracting, LLC:** 2005-10-17 through 2009-01-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407124; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert A  Derks et al → Long Canyon Coal LLC:** 2009-01-12 through 2010-09-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407124; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Brett  Morehouse → True Energy Fuels LLC:** 2010-09-22 through 2010-10-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407124; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Edward A  Green → True Energy Fuels LLC:** 2010-10-11 through 2012-01-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407124; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Xinergy Ltd → True Energy Fuels LLC:** 2012-01-25 through 2016-02-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407124; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **White Forest Resources, Inc → True Energy Fuels LLC:** 2016-02-10 through 2022-01-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407124; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David  Ison → True Energy Fuels LLC:** 2022-01-27 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407124; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 22
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 2 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 216 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 70 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 166 violation rows across the full record; 52 carry an S&S flag and $52,450 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 273 samples:** Occupational health samples 198 coal dust; 16 coal quartz; 59 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 8 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 10 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 5 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 8 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 — 16 since 2021:** Inspections 62 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 15,161 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 11,405
- **Average employees:** 11
- **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 77.1605 — 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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1004 — Ground control; inspection and maintenance; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1004
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **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 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2019-01-03 through 2022-08-16; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-01-16 through 2025-01-16; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 160 rows; 2005-06-18 through 2024-07-01; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2012-02-15 through 2020-05-07; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 198 rows; 2005-06-21 through 2024-07-31; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2010-12-17 through 2020-01-09; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 584 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 126 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 2005-03-21 through 2010-09-22; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 62 rows; 2005-06-16 through 2026-09-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 27 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 59 rows; 2005-06-21 through 2023-11-16; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 16 rows; 2005-06-21 through 2024-06-12; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 166 rows; 2005-06-18 through 2024-07-01; 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/true-energy-fuels-mine-no-2-4407124`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/true-energy-fuels-mine-no-2-4407124`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407124/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407124/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407124/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`