# Caymus Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4605315
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Boone, WV
- **Operator:** Award Development, LLC
- **Controller:** Ashley N  Ward
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,028
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ashley N  Ward (0118481) → Award Development, LLC (0139193) → Caymus Mine (4605315)**

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:** 1976-09-15 through 1984-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605315; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eastern Gas & Fuel Association → Nu East Mining Corp:** 1984-10-01 through 2009-07-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605315; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Tommy  Payne et al → RWMV,LLC:** 2009-07-22 through 2009-12-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605315; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Andrew  Payne et al → RWMV,LLC:** 2009-07-22 through 2009-12-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605315; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Douglas M  Epling et al → Hanover Resources, LLC:** 2009-12-07 through 2014-10-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605315; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James (Brad)  Maggard → Thoroughbred Highwall Mining, LLC:** 2014-10-14 through 2016-03-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605315; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ashley N  Ward → Award Development, LLC:** 2016-03-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605315; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 19
- 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 6 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 322 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 263 violation rows across the full record; 92 carry an S&S flag and $343,011 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 237 samples:** Occupational health samples 193 coal dust; 6 coal quartz; 38 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 1K employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 119 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 52 contested-violation rows, 52 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 15 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 57 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 48.31 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 75.1712-3 — Minimum requirements of surface bathing facilities, change rooms, and sanitary toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1712-3
- **30 CFR 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 75.311 — Main mine fan operation.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.311
- **30 CFR 75.1504 — Mine emergency evacuation training and drills.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1504
- **30 CFR 75.1506 — Refuge alternatives.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1506
- **30 CFR 75.204 — Roof bolting.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.204
- **30 CFR 49.20 — Requirements for all coal mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-49/subpart-B/section-49.20
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 6 rows; 2011-08-27 through 2014-01-25; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2019-01-09 through 2019-01-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 252 rows; 2011-08-16 through 2018-11-26; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 52 rows; 2013-10-22 through 2015-04-20; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 193 rows; 2012-11-28 through 2014-05-03; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 15 rows; 2012-03-02 through 2014-06-24; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 52 rows; 2011-11-15 through 2014-05-08; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 1976-09-15 through 2016-03-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 57 rows; 2009-09-17 through 2019-07-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 67 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 38 rows; 2012-09-11 through 2014-01-27; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 6 rows; 2012-12-03 through 2014-02-25; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 263 rows; 2011-08-16 through 2018-11-26; 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/caymus-mine-4605315`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/caymus-mine-4605315`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4605315/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4605315/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4605315/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`