# Totten Ridge Surface Mine No.1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4605695
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Triple 7 Commodities, Inc.
- **Controller:** Damian  Caldwell; Michael  Church
- **Public source rows linked:** 134
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Damian  Caldwell; Michael  Church (0135681) → Triple 7 Commodities, Inc. (0152913) → Totten Ridge Surface Mine No.1 (4605695)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Sundquist Arnold → Dyna Coal Inc:** 1977-12-01 through 2012-02-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605695; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ronald  Phillips et al → Wellston Coal, LLC:** 2012-02-28 through 2013-09-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605695; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Anil  Dang et al → Wellston Coal, LLC:** 2012-02-28 through 2013-09-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605695; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Woodrow  Church → AWC Operations, Inc.:** 2013-09-12 through 2014-03-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605695; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenes P  Roberts → Southeastern Coal, Inc.:** 2014-03-25 through 2015-01-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605695; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Anil  Dang et al → Wellston Coal, LLC:** 2015-01-22 through 2017-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605695; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ronald  Phillips et al → Wellston Coal, LLC:** 2015-01-22 through 2017-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605695; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Damian  Caldwell et al → Triple 7 Commodities, Inc.:** 2017-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605695; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael  Church et al → Triple 7 Commodities, Inc.:** 2017-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605695; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 20
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 339 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 27 violation rows across the full record; 9 carry an S&S flag and $34,454 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 16 samples:** Occupational health samples 11 coal dust; 5 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 19 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 9 contested-violation rows, 9 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 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 — 12 since 2021:** Inspections 32 inspection events and 360 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 77.404 — 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 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 48.26 — Experienced miner training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.26
- **30 CFR 71.500 — Sanitary toilet facilities at surface work sites; installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.500
- **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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **30 CFR 71.206 — Quarterly sampling; designated work positions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.206
- **30 CFR 71.209 — Status change reports.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.209
- **30 CFR 77.1702 — Arrangements for emergency medical assistance and transportation for injured persons; reporting requirements; posting requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1702

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2014-02-22 through 2014-02-22; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2017-08-24 through 2017-08-24; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 23 rows; 2013-11-14 through 2018-05-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 9 rows; 2018-02-16 through 2018-02-16; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 11 rows; 2013-11-20 through 2018-06-06; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2015-12-10 through 2015-12-10; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 9 rows; 2017-08-22 through 2017-08-22; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 1977-12-01 through 2017-06-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 32 rows; 2013-11-14 through 2026-10-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 5 rows; 2018-05-22 through 2018-05-22; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 27 rows; 2013-11-14 through 2018-05-22; 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/totten-ridge-surface-mine-no-1-4605695`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/totten-ridge-surface-mine-no-1-4605695`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4605695/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4605695/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4605695/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`