# Jones Fork

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407126
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Buchanan, VA
- **Operator:** Surface Minerals Company
- **Controller:** Metinvest B V
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,026
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Metinvest B V (0085453) → Surface Minerals Company (P24715) → Jones Fork (4407126)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Robert H  Burton → White Oak Tetons, LLC.:** 2005-02-23 through 2006-06-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407126; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Surface Minerals Company:** 2006-06-29 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407126; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth L  Stacy → Surface Minerals Company:** 2006-06-29 through 2006-02-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407126; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Surface Minerals Company:** 2009-04-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407126; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 10
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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; 0 coded fatalities and 209 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 91 violation rows across the full record; 30 carry an S&S flag and $20,420 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 68 samples:** Occupational health samples 37 coal dust; 5 coal quartz; 26 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 — 7 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 3 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 14 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 — 5 since 2021:** Inspections 42 inspection events and 733 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 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **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.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 71.403 — Waiver of surface facilities requirements; posting of waiver.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.403
- **30 CFR 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20
- **30 CFR 48.29 — Records of training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.29

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2006-01-03 through 2009-09-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-05-08 through 2013-05-08; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 90 rows; 2005-09-28 through 2011-12-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2011-09-28 through 2011-11-16; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 37 rows; 2006-03-09 through 2008-10-02; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2008-01-09 through 2008-01-09; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 3 rows; 2009-09-28 through 2009-09-28; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,408 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 254 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2005-02-23 through 2006-06-29; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 42 rows; 2005-09-28 through 2026-04-27; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 51 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 26 rows; 2006-03-09 through 2008-10-02; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 5 rows; 2006-11-14 through 2008-05-06; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 91 rows; 2005-09-28 through 2011-12-29; 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/jones-fork-4407126`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/jones-fork-4407126`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407126/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407126/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407126/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`