# Clear Fork Underground Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4601459
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Nicholas, WV
- **Operator:** ERP Environmental Fund, Inc.
- **Controller:** Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF)
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,684
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF) (0121101) → ERP Environmental Fund, Inc. (0141713) → Clear Fork Underground Mine (4601459)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Occidental Petroleum Corp → Island Creek Coal Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1990-07-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601459; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hager Johnny → Amos Mining Inc:** 1990-07-02 through 1991-01-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601459; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Campbell B J → Bar-Eagle Coal Company Inc:** 1991-01-15 through 1995-11-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601459; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **S & P Holding Company Inc → Gauley Eagle Holdings Inc:** 1995-12-01 through 2002-04-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601459; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James E  Trent → Fossil Fuels Inc:** 2002-04-15 through 2005-06-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601459; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cambrian Mining PLC → Atlantic Leaseco, LLC:** 2005-06-10 through 2011-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601459; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Walter Energy Incorporated → Atlantic Leaseco, LLC:** 2011-04-01 through 2016-04-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601459; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF) → ERP Environmental Fund, Inc.:** 2016-04-11 through 2017-01-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601459; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kissito Healthcare Inc → ERP Environmental Fund, Inc.:** 2017-01-26 through 2018-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601459; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF) → ERP Environmental Fund, Inc.:** 2019-01-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601459; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 10
- Typed edges: 27
- 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 33 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,826 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 411 violation rows across the full record; 175 carry an S&S flag and $126,716 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 155 samples:** Occupational health samples 147 coal dust; 3 coal quartz; 5 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 — 61 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 14 contested-violation rows, 14 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 33 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 7 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 47 inspection events and 3K 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 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 75.515 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.515
- **30 CFR 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 33 rows; 2002-10-11 through 2006-10-20; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2007-07-17 through 2007-07-17; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 397 rows; 2002-05-01 through 2006-09-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 14 rows; 2009-05-04 through 2009-05-20; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 147 rows; 2002-12-11 through 2006-09-16; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 33 rows; 2000-03-01 through 2008-03-19; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 14 rows; 2006-04-03 through 2006-09-11; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 439 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 76 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 10 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2016-04-11; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 47 rows; 2000-02-02 through 2014-03-12; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 43 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 5 rows; 2003-09-25 through 2003-09-25; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 3 rows; 2004-05-25 through 2005-01-31; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 411 rows; 2000-02-02 through 2006-09-11; 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/clear-fork-underground-mine-4601459`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/clear-fork-underground-mine-4601459`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4601459/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4601459/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4601459/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`