# BECKLEY POCAHONTAS MINE

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4605252
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Raleigh, WV
- **Operator:** ICG BECKLEY LLC
- **Controller:** Core Natural Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 57,920
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Core Natural Resources Inc (0189840) → ICG BECKLEY LLC (0067723) → BECKLEY POCAHONTAS MINE (4605252)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Westmoreland Coal Company → Westmoreland Coal Company:** 1976-08-16 through 2006-01-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Coal Group Inc (ICG) → ICG Beckley LLC:** 2006-01-20 through 2011-06-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → ICG Beckley LLC:** 2011-06-15 through 2025-01-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Core Natural Resources Inc → ICG Beckley LLC:** 2025-01-14 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605252; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 10
- 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 — 63 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 290 historical accident/injury rows; 2 coded fatalities and 11,799 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 2,160 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 6,631 violation rows across the full record; 1,323 carry an S&S flag and $5,967,697 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 32K samples:** Occupational health samples 29,576 coal dust; 1,403 coal quartz; 680 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 182 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 5,282 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 2,419 contested-violation rows, 2,419 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 444 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 27 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 — 512 since 2021:** Inspections 1,666 inspection events and 70K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 1,180,158 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 887,248
- **Average employees:** 381
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 75.362 — On-shift examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.362
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **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 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604
- **30 CFR 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.1403 — Other safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 290 rows; 2007-03-16 through 2026-09-11; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2007-11-01 through 2007-11-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 6,445 rows; 2006-06-21 through 2026-08-31; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2,419 rows; 2009-08-19 through 2026-08-13; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 29,576 rows; 2003-03-12 through 2026-10-15; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 444 rows; 2007-03-26 through 2026-09-28; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 2,419 rows; 2007-05-23 through 2026-08-31; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 4,928 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 951 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1976-08-16 through 2006-01-20; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 1,666 rows; 2006-03-01 through 2026-10-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 62 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 680 rows; 2008-06-10 through 2026-10-07; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1,403 rows; 2008-01-08 through 2026-09-15; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 6,631 rows; 2006-06-21 through 2026-10-15; 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/beckley-pocahontas-mine-4605252`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/beckley-pocahontas-mine-4605252`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4605252/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4605252/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4605252/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`