# Road Fork #51 Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4601544
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wyoming, WV
- **Operator:** Spartan Mining Company, LLC
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 19,042
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Spartan Mining Company, LLC (P23835) → Road Fork #51 Mine (4601544)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **CONSOL Energy Inc → Consolidation Coal Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1975-01-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601544; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Nippon Kokan K K et al → National Mines Corp:** 1975-01-05 through 2005-02-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601544; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Road Fork Development  Company, Inc.:** 2005-02-11 through 2005-09-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601544; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Spartan Mining Company, LLC:** 2005-09-20 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601544; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Road Fork Development  Company, Inc.:** 2011-06-01 through 2005-09-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601544; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Spartan Mining Company, LLC:** 2011-06-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601544; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert E  Murray → Consolidation Coal Company:** 2013-12-05 through 1975-01-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601544; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Road Fork Development  Company, Inc.:** 2016-07-26 through 2005-09-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601544; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Spartan Mining Company, LLC:** 2016-07-26 through 2018-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601544; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Road Fork Development  Company, Inc.:** 2018-11-09 through 2005-09-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601544; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Spartan Mining Company, LLC:** 2018-11-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4601544; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 11
- Typed edges: 23
- Interval anomalies: 4
- 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 199 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 8,664 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 3,415 violation rows across the full record; 865 carry an S&S flag and $4,784,219 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 7K samples:** Occupational health samples 6,045 coal dust; 283 coal quartz; 274 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 38 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 — 1,931 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 887 contested-violation rows, 884 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 160 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 8 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 — 16 since 2021:** Inspections 850 inspection events and 26K 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 75.1714-3 — Self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-3
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **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 75.1101-6 — Water sprinkler systems; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-6
- **30 CFR 75.1107-16 — Inspection of fire suppression devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-16
- **30 CFR 75.1732 — Proximity detection systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1732
- **30 CFR 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **30 CFR 75.516 — Power wires; support.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.516
- **30 CFR 75.606 — Protection of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.606

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 199 rows; 2005-06-11 through 2020-08-05; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-02-22 through 2024-02-22; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 3,361 rows; 2005-11-16 through 2020-09-16; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 884 rows; 2008-04-17 through 2021-06-09; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 6,045 rows; 2007-06-13 through 2020-05-05; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 160 rows; 2006-12-06 through 2020-06-26; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 887 rows; 2007-01-18 through 2020-06-09; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,994 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 436 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 11 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2005-09-20; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 850 rows; 2005-11-16 through 2024-01-11; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 204 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 37 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 274 rows; 2008-07-16 through 2020-03-11; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 283 rows; 2007-06-13 through 2020-04-21; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 3,415 rows; 2005-11-16 through 2020-09-16; 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/road-fork-51-mine-4601544`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/road-fork-51-mine-4601544`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4601544/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4601544/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4601544/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`