# Federal No 2

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4601456
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Monongalia, WV
- **Operator:** Phoenix Federal No 2 Mining, LLC.
- **Controller:** John F  Hale Jr
- **Public source rows linked:** 39,014
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John F  Hale Jr (C12016) → Phoenix Federal No 2 Mining, LLC. (0157293) → Federal No 2 (4601456)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Eastern Gas & Fuel Association → Eastern Associated Coal Corp:** 1950-01-01 through 1987-05-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601456; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hanson PLC → Eastern Associated Coal Corp:** 1987-05-15 through 1998-05-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601456; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Peabody Energy Corporation → Eastern Associated Coal LLC:** 1998-05-19 through 2007-10-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601456; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Eastern Associated Coal LLC:** 2007-10-31 through 2015-10-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601456; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF) → ERP Federal Mining Complex, LLC.:** 2015-10-26 through 2018-06-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601456; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John F  Hale Jr → Phoenix Federal No 2 Mining, LLC.:** 2018-06-07 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601456; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 17
- 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 846 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 34,094 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 7,779 violation rows across the full record; 1,892 carry an S&S flag and $5,208,581 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 7K samples:** Occupational health samples 6,111 coal dust; 146 coal quartz; 605 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 161 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 80 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 5,746 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1,827 contested-violation rows, 1,947 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1,972 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 32 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 — 2 since 2021:** Inspections 2,136 inspection events and 83K 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 77.216-4 — Water, sediment or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; reporting requirements; certification.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-4
- **30 CFR 77.216-3 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; inspection requirements; correction of hazards; program requirements.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216-3
- **30 CFR 50.10 — Immediate notification.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-B/section-50.10
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 48.31 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **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 77.410 — 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 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 846 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2020-02-27; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2021-01-13 through 2021-01-13; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 7,633 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2020-08-17; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1,947 rows; 2001-02-12 through 2019-07-31; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 6,111 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2017-11-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1,972 rows; 2000-02-24 through 2020-06-18; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1,827 rows; 2003-07-08 through 2019-01-17; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 6,392 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 1,236 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2018-06-07; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 2,136 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2021-06-30; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 299 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 77 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 605 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2017-05-18; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 146 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2017-10-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 7,779 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2020-08-17; 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/federal-no-2-4601456`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/federal-no-2-4601456`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4601456/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4601456/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4601456/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`