# Holden No 22 Preparation Plant

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4605909
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Logan, WV
- **Operator:** Coal-Mac LLC
- **Controller:** John Mitch Potter
- **Public source rows linked:** 4,897
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John Mitch Potter (0144441) → Coal-Mac LLC (P20596) → Holden No 22 Preparation Plant (4605909)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Occidental Petroleum Corp → Island Creek Coal Company:** 1978-12-01 through 1981-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605909; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **ENI → Enoxy Coal Inc:** 1982-01-01 through 1988-07-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605909; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Occidental Petroleum Corp → Island Creek Mining Company:** 1988-07-21 through 1993-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605909; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **CONSOL Energy Inc → Island Creek Coal Company:** 1993-07-01 through 1994-12-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605909; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Richard H  Abraham et al → Talon Resources Inc:** 1994-12-28 through 1999-10-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605909; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William D  Abraham → Falcon Land Company Inc:** 1999-10-18 through 1999-11-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605909; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James R  Grimmett → Ace Trucking Inc:** 1999-11-08 through 2001-01-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605909; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert L  Lewis et al → Rio Group Inc:** 2001-01-08 through 2003-07-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605909; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William B  Brown Jr et al → Rio Group Inc:** 2001-01-08 through 2003-07-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605909; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ashland Inc et al → Coal-Mac LLC:** 2003-07-17 through 1997-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605909; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → Coal-Mac LLC:** 2003-07-17 through 2019-10-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605909; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Richard H  Abraham et al → Rio Group Inc:** 2006-10-02 through 2003-07-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605909; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John Mitch Potter → Coal-Mac LLC:** 2019-10-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605909; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 13
- Typed edges: 34
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 17 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 638 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 224 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 557 violation rows across the full record; 210 carry an S&S flag and $354,838 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 458 samples:** Occupational health samples 311 coal dust; 11 coal quartz; 136 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 8 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 12 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 77 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 30 contested-violation rows, 32 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 15 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 38 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 — 42 since 2021:** Inspections 226 inspection events and 5K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 59,074
- **Average employees:** 25
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 2

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.200 — Surface installations; general.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.200
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.207 — Illumination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.207
- **30 CFR 77.204 — Openings in surface installations; safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.204
- **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 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 48.29 — Records of training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.29
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 17 rows; 2001-01-02 through 2020-05-16; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1999-11-12 through 1999-11-12; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 518 rows; 2000-04-18 through 2026-06-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 32 rows; 2004-10-14 through 2024-12-31; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 311 rows; 2000-05-02 through 2026-08-27; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 15 rows; 2003-12-17 through 2023-09-15; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 30 rows; 2004-06-21 through 2024-06-11; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,431 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 520 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 13 rows; 1978-12-01 through 2003-07-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 226 rows; 2000-01-28 through 2026-10-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 24 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 54 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 136 rows; 2000-03-14 through 2026-10-13; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 11 rows; 2001-05-21 through 2026-06-16; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 557 rows; 2000-04-18 through 2026-10-14; 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/holden-no-22-preparation-plant-4605909`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/holden-no-22-preparation-plant-4605909`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4605909/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4605909/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4605909/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`