# Oceana Plant and Loadout

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4605893
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wyoming, WV
- **Operator:** Wyoming County Coal LLC
- **Controller:** American Resources Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,337
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**American Resources Corporation (0150901) → Wyoming County Coal LLC (0166493) → Oceana Plant and Loadout (4605893)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James C  Justice II et al → Pioneer Fuel Corp:** 1978-11-01 through 1988-03-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605893; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Chris  Cline → Northern Resources Inc:** 1988-03-02 through 1998-11-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605893; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Terry  Ratcliff → Tmr Loading & Processing Corp:** 1998-11-23 through 2019-09-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605893; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **American Resources Corporation → Wyoming County Coal LLC:** 2019-09-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605893; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 12
- 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 9 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 341 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 5 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 66 violation rows across the full record; 11 carry an S&S flag and $7,000 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 99 samples:** Occupational health samples 73 coal dust; 26 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 10K employee hours and 24 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 6 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 — 14 since 2021:** Inspections 74 inspection events and 1K 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 48.23 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23
- **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 77.1701 — Emergency communications; requirements.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1701
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **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 77.512 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.512
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 9 rows; 2000-03-21 through 2017-04-06; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-04-01 through 2025-04-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 64 rows; 2000-08-28 through 2022-12-06; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 73 rows; 2000-08-23 through 2009-04-15; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,658 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 336 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1978-11-01 through 2019-09-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 74 rows; 2000-02-07 through 2026-09-25; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 26 rows; 2000-02-29 through 2009-03-24; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 66 rows; 2000-08-28 through 2022-12-06; 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/oceana-plant-and-loadout-4605893`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/oceana-plant-and-loadout-4605893`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4605893/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4605893/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4605893/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`