# SHM #53 Miner

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407327
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Raleigh, WV
- **Operator:** Pocahontas Coal Company
- **Controller:** Metinvest B V
- **Public source rows linked:** 498
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Metinvest B V (0085453) → Pocahontas Coal Company (0118488) → SHM #53 Miner (4407327)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Omega Holdings LLC → Omega Highwall Mining Services, LLC:** 2014-09-30 through 2018-07-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407327; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Surface Minerals Company:** 2018-07-11 through 2021-03-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407327; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Surface Minerals Company:** 2018-07-11 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407327; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth L  Stacy → Surface Minerals Company:** 2018-07-11 through 2006-02-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407327; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John T  Quintrell → Civil, LLC:** 2021-03-04 through 2022-02-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407327; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Pocahontas Coal Company, LLC:** 2022-02-25 through 2022-04-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407327; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John T  Quintrell → Civil, LLC:** 2022-04-29 through 2022-05-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407327; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Carter Roag Coal Company:** 2022-05-24 through 2024-04-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407327; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Carter Roag Coal Company:** 2022-05-24 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407327; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Pocahontas Coal Company:** 2024-04-15 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407327; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 24
- Interval anomalies: 3
- 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 5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 227 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 13 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 104 violation rows across the full record; 45 carry an S&S flag and $44,323 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 145 samples:** Occupational health samples 77 coal dust; 68 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 — 20 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 8 contested-violation rows, 8 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 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 — 19 since 2021:** Inspections 53 inspection events and 1K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 111,676 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 34,618
- **Average employees:** 23
- **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 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **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 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **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 62.130 — Permissible exposure level.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.130
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2015-06-27 through 2018-01-28; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-11-20 through 2025-11-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 103 rows; 2015-03-10 through 2025-04-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 8 rows; 2017-08-15 through 2018-05-03; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 77 rows; 2015-03-10 through 2025-04-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2019-04-10 through 2025-05-15; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 8 rows; 2016-04-21 through 2017-01-17; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 2014-09-30 through 2024-04-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 53 rows; 2014-11-18 through 2026-04-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 44 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:** 68 rows; 2015-03-10 through 2025-01-14; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 104 rows; 2015-03-10 through 2025-04-08; 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/shm-53-miner-4407327`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/shm-53-miner-4407327`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407327/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407327/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407327/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`