# Surface Mine No. 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407396
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wise, VA
- **Operator:** Black Cat Construction, LLC
- **Controller:** David  Ison
- **Public source rows linked:** 256
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**David  Ison (0165201) → Black Cat Construction, LLC (0179413) → Surface Mine No. 1 (4407396)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Energy, Incorporated et al → RIDGETOP DEVELOPMENT, LLC:** 2019-05-01 through 2017-08-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407396; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffrey K Mullins et al → RIDGETOP DEVELOPMENT, LLC:** 2019-05-01 through 2017-08-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407396; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Energy, Incorporated et al → RIDGETOP DEVELOPMENT, LLC:** 2019-05-01 through 2021-10-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407396; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **WC Ridgetop Holding Inc et al → RIDGETOP DEVELOPMENT, LLC:** 2019-05-01 through 2021-10-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407396; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David  Ison → Black Cat Construction, LLC:** 2021-10-14 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407396; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert S  Toller → RIDGETOP DEVELOPMENT, LLC:** 2021-12-01 through 2021-10-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407396; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 12
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 5 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 14 violation rows across the full record; 2 carry an S&S flag and $1,912 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 34 samples:** Occupational health samples 19 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 13 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 1 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 — 9 since 2021:** Inspections 13 inspection events and 201 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 71.209 — Status change reports.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.209
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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 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 48.26 — Experienced miner training.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.26
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-10-06 through 2026-10-06; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 14 rows; 2019-08-29 through 2023-07-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 19 rows; 2019-06-26 through 2026-09-23; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2019-10-25 through 2019-10-25; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 134 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 25 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2019-05-01 through 2021-10-14; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 13 rows; 2019-05-09 through 2026-09-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 13 rows; 2019-09-03 through 2026-09-23; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2019-09-03 through 2019-09-03; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 14 rows; 2019-08-29 through 2023-07-05; 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/surface-mine-no-1-4407396`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/surface-mine-no-1-4407396`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407396/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407396/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407396/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`