# Hill Creek Auger

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4407408
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Tazewell, VA
- **Operator:** Auger Coal, LLC
- **Controller:** Ultra Transport LLC; Jim Richardson Trucking & Construction LLC etal
- **Public source rows linked:** 755
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ultra Transport LLC; Jim Richardson Trucking & Construction LLC etal (0163181) → Auger Coal, LLC (0177433) → Hill Creek Auger (4407408)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Jim Richardson Trucking & Construction LLC etal → Auger Coal, LLC:** 2021-07-13 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407408; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ultra Transport LLC et al → Auger Coal, LLC:** 2021-07-13 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4407408; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 4
- 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 35 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 35 violation rows across the full record; 8 carry an S&S flag and $12,491 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 153 samples:** Occupational health samples 121 coal dust; 12 coal quartz; 20 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 — 6 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 3 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 — 18 since 2021:** Inspections 18 inspection events and 814 published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 83,518 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 52,411
- **Average employees:** 19
- **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 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 71.206 — Quarterly sampling; designated work positions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.206
- **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 71.404 — Application for waiver of surface facilities requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.404

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-04-22 through 2026-04-22; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 35 rows; 2021-10-28 through 2026-01-22; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2022-12-14 through 2026-03-02; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 121 rows; 2021-08-25 through 2026-04-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 3 rows; 2022-05-31 through 2025-05-07; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 428 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 70 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2021-07-13 through 2021-07-13; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 18 rows; 2021-07-12 through 2026-06-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 20 rows; 2021-08-25 through 2024-06-18; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 12 rows; 2021-08-25 through 2024-06-18; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 35 rows; 2021-10-28 through 2026-01-22; 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/hill-creek-auger-4407408`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/hill-creek-auger-4407408`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4407408/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4407408/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4407408/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`