# Sewell Mine No. 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4602166
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Raleigh, WV
- **Operator:** Rhino Eastern LLC
- **Controller:** Patriot Coal Corporation; Rhino Resource Partners LP
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,147
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Patriot Coal Corporation; Rhino Resource Partners LP (0102349) → Rhino Eastern LLC (0090665) → Sewell Mine No. 1 (4602166)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Pittston Company → Ranger Fuel Corp:** 1950-01-01 through 1987-12-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Paul R  Phillips et al → North Star Coal Company Inc:** 1987-12-09 through 1994-08-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles E  Redden → Coal Valley Mining Inc:** 1994-08-29 through 1995-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffrey B  Sayers → Coal Valley Mining Inc:** 1995-10-01 through 1997-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Charles E  Redden → Whitby Electric Inc:** 1997-04-01 through 1999-06-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Donn A  Chickering → Sewell Seam Management, Inc.:** 1999-06-15 through 2003-08-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Steve  Cordial → Comfort Mining Inc:** 2003-08-25 through 2004-10-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Donn A  Chickering → Peachtree Ridge Mining Company, Inc.:** 2004-10-30 through 2004-12-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Douglas M  Epling → Mountain Edge Mining, Inc.:** 2004-12-14 through 2007-01-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Donn A  Chickering → Peachtree Ridge Mining Company, Inc.:** 2007-01-19 through 2008-06-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wexford Capital LLC → Rhino Eastern LLC:** 2008-06-02 through 2010-10-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rhino Resource Partners LP → Rhino Eastern LLC:** 2010-10-05 through 2011-10-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rhino Resource Partners LP et al → Rhino Eastern LLC:** 2011-10-28 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation et al → Rhino Eastern LLC:** 2011-10-28 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4602166; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 14
- Typed edges: 37
- 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 30 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 781 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 494 violation rows across the full record; 235 carry an S&S flag and $64,167 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 49 samples:** Occupational health samples 48 coal dust; 1 coal quartz. 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 3K employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 42 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 42 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 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 84 inspection events and 4K 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 77.701 — Grounding metallic frames, casings, and other enclosures of electric equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-H/section-77.701
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 75.372 — Mine ventilation map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.372
- **30 CFR 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **30 CFR 77.204 — Openings in surface installations; safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.204
- **30 CFR 77.511 — Danger signs at electrical installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.511
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **30 CFR 75.1400-3 — Daily examination of hoisting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1400-3
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 30 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2010-10-18; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2015-01-13 through 2015-01-13; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 454 rows; 2000-02-03 through 2012-07-12; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 48 rows; 2003-12-22 through 2005-06-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 42 rows; 2003-03-27 through 2007-06-14; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 800 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 144 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 14 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2008-06-02; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 84 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2012-07-10; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1 rows; 2004-06-01 through 2004-06-01; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 494 rows; 2000-02-03 through 2012-07-12; 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/sewell-mine-no-1-4602166`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/sewell-mine-no-1-4602166`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4602166/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4602166/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4602166/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`