# Eckman Loadout

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4603341
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Prime Processing, Inc.
- **Controller:** Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,882
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (M00106) → Prime Processing, Inc. (0055016) → Eckman Loadout (4603341)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **CONSOL Energy Inc → Pocahontas Fuel Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1974-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603341; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Clovis  Cox → Patsy Trucking Company Inc:** 1975-01-01 through 1992-08-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603341; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Richard G  Preservati II → Ritchie Equipment Inc:** 1992-08-17 through 1996-05-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603341; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Timothy  Boggess → Premium Processing Inc:** 1996-05-23 through 1998-08-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603341; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Premium Processing Inc:** 1998-08-03 through 2004-06-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603341; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Steven W  Haynes et al → Extra Energy, Inc.:** 2004-06-11 through 2004-07-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603341; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Richard G  Preservati et al → Regal Rock, Inc.:** 2004-07-05 through 2004-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603341; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Nancy K  Preservati et al → Regal Rock, Inc.:** 2004-07-05 through 2004-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603341; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Steven W  Haynes et al → Prime Processing, Inc.:** 2004-10-01 through 2008-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603341; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **ArcelorMittal → Prime Processing, Inc.:** 2008-07-01 through 2020-12-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603341; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **ArcelorMittal → Extra Energy, Inc.:** 2008-09-16 through 2004-07-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603341; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cleveland-Cliffs Inc → Extra Energy, Inc.:** 2020-12-09 through 2004-07-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603341; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cleveland-Cliffs Inc → Prime Processing, Inc.:** 2020-12-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4603341; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 13
- Typed edges: 32
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 13 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 204 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 30 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 155 violation rows across the full record; 56 carry an S&S flag and $57,413 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 223 samples:** Occupational health samples 139 coal dust; 84 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 2K employee hours and 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 23 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 7 contested-violation rows, 7 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 9 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 12 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 — 15 since 2021:** Inspections 98 inspection events and 2K 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 77.204 — 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 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 48.25 — Training of new miners; minimum courses of instruction; hours of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.25
- **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 48.29 — Records of training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.29
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 13 rows; 2008-12-09 through 2024-09-17; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-07-07 through 2014-07-07; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 149 rows; 2000-11-21 through 2025-06-01; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 7 rows; 2010-08-13 through 2012-04-20; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 139 rows; 2000-05-09 through 2026-09-15; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 9 rows; 2014-04-02 through 2020-02-13; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 7 rows; 2008-05-19 through 2010-03-28; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 982 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 183 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 13 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2004-10-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 98 rows; 2000-05-09 through 2026-08-27; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 27 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 84 rows; 2001-07-02 through 2025-10-27; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 155 rows; 2000-11-21 through 2026-09-09; 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/eckman-loadout-4603341`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/eckman-loadout-4603341`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4603341/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4603341/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4603341/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`