# Slaughter Creek Prep Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4604718
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Kanawha, WV
- **Operator:** Award Development, LLC
- **Controller:** Ashley N  Ward
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,952
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ashley N  Ward (0118481) → Award Development, LLC (0139193) → Slaughter Creek Prep Plant (4604718)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **American Electric Power Company Inc → Cedar Coal Company:** 1975-08-06 through 1984-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604718; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eastern Gas & Fuel Association → Nu East Mining Corp:** 1984-10-01 through 1987-05-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604718; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hanson PLC → Mountain View Coal Company:** 1987-05-15 through 1994-12-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604718; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Walker Gary → R T C Inc:** 1994-12-28 through 1999-03-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604718; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Peabody Energy Corporation → Mountain View Coal Company:** 1999-03-31 through 2001-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604718; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James M  Smith → Siata Equipment Company:** 2002-01-01 through 2003-12-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604718; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James M  Smith → Millennium Technical Services,Inc.:** 2003-12-08 through 2006-02-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604718; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **AMG Acquisitions LLC → New Millennium Technical Services, LLC:** 2006-02-07 through 2008-05-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604718; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Parkstone Energy LLC → Siata Equipment Company:** 2006-02-17 through 2003-12-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604718; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Douglas M  Epling et al → Hanover Resources LLC:** 2008-05-20 through 2014-09-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604718; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James (Brad)  Maggard → Thoroughbred Highwall Mining LLC:** 2014-09-19 through 2015-06-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604718; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ashley N  Ward → Award Development, LLC:** 2015-06-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4604718; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 12
- Typed edges: 35
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 11 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 106 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 211 violation rows across the full record; 65 carry an S&S flag and $54,040 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 95 samples:** Occupational health samples 56 coal dust; 39 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — 13 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 4 contested-violation rows, 4 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 5 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 13 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 — 12 since 2021:** Inspections 103 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 77.400 — 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 77.215 — Refuse piles; construction requirements.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.215
- **30 CFR 77.200 — Surface installations; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.200
- **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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 11 rows; 2003-09-10 through 2013-09-24; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-03-17 through 2026-03-17; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 202 rows; 2003-06-24 through 2015-08-27; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 4 rows; 2007-09-14 through 2013-02-20; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 56 rows; 2008-12-09 through 2014-08-13; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 5 rows; 2006-02-16 through 2006-02-16; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 4 rows; 2006-04-28 through 2010-09-22; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,089 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 196 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 12 rows; 1975-08-06 through 2015-06-05; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 103 rows; 2002-02-07 through 2026-03-17; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 39 rows; 2003-06-17 through 2013-11-18; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 211 rows; 2003-06-18 through 2015-08-27; 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/slaughter-creek-prep-plant-4604718`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/slaughter-creek-prep-plant-4604718`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4604718/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4604718/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4604718/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`