# Looney Creek Taggart Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407186
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wise, VA
- **Operator:** Mill Branch Coal Corporation
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,375
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (0041211) → Mill Branch Coal Corporation (P23653) → Looney Creek Taggart Mine (4407186)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Cumberland Resources Corporation → Mill Branch Coal Corporation:** 2006-08-24 through 2010-04-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407186; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Mill Branch Coal Corporation:** 2010-04-19 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407186; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Mill Branch Coal Corporation:** 2011-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407186; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- 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: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 38 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 295 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 569 violation rows across the full record; 181 carry an S&S flag and $394,312 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 414 samples:** Occupational health samples 347 coal dust; 31 coal quartz; 36 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 599 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 288 contested-violation rows, 288 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 23 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 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 124 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 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1911 — Fire suppression systems for diesel-powered equipment and fuel transportation units.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-T/section-75.1911
- **30 CFR 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 75.1600-2 — Communication facilities; working sections; installation and maintenance requirements; audible or visual alarms.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-Q/section-75.1600-2
- **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 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 77.513 — Insulating mats at power switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.513
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **30 CFR 75.1200 — Mine map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1200
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 38 rows; 2008-02-01 through 2014-10-13; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-05-08 through 2014-05-08; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 561 rows; 2007-09-07 through 2013-12-18; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 288 rows; 2008-10-03 through 2015-01-08; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 347 rows; 2007-09-19 through 2011-12-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 23 rows; 2007-10-23 through 2012-09-11; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 288 rows; 2007-09-10 through 2013-12-18; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 815 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 179 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2006-08-24 through 2006-08-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 124 rows; 2006-09-22 through 2014-04-30; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 58 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 36 rows; 2007-09-19 through 2011-10-04; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 31 rows; 2007-09-19 through 2011-07-21; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 569 rows; 2007-09-07 through 2013-12-18; 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/looney-creek-taggart-mine-4407186`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/looney-creek-taggart-mine-4407186`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407186/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407186/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407186/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`