# Bronzite III

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4605978
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mingo, WV
- **Operator:** Consol of Kentucky Inc
- **Controller:** CONSOL Energy Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,141
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**CONSOL Energy Inc (C00692) → Consol of Kentucky Inc (P22657) → Bronzite III (4605978)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Massey Energy Company → Eastern Mingo Coal Company:** 1979-03-01 through 1987-07-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Shell Oil Company → Eastern Mingo Coal Company:** 1987-07-10 through 1992-12-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Zeigler Coal Holding Company → Eastern Mingo Coal Company:** 1992-12-19 through 1998-09-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → Eastern Mingo Coal Company:** 1998-09-02 through 2004-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lexington Coal Company LLC → LCC West Virginia, LLC:** 2004-10-01 through 2005-03-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **CONSOL Energy Inc → Southern West Virginia Resources, LLC:** 2005-03-29 through 2005-06-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wolford Jeffrey → Jacob Mining Co LLC:** 2005-06-13 through 2009-07-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **CONSOL Energy Inc → Consol of Kentucky Inc:** 2009-07-02 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4605978; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 24
- 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 102 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 2,688 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 812 violation rows across the full record; 270 carry an S&S flag and $366,717 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 704 samples:** Occupational health samples 622 coal dust; 50 coal quartz; 32 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 85 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 36 contested-violation rows, 36 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 13 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 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 114 inspection events and 8K 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.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 102 rows; 2000-05-17 through 2012-05-09; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-02-18 through 2016-02-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 796 rows; 2000-03-28 through 2014-08-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 36 rows; 2010-06-02 through 2013-03-01; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 622 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2012-05-03; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 13 rows; 2006-08-07 through 2007-09-12; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 36 rows; 2006-07-28 through 2012-04-12; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 235 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 51 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1979-03-01 through 2009-07-02; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 114 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2016-02-04; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 205 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 27 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 32 rows; 2000-03-23 through 2012-02-02; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 50 rows; 2000-05-24 through 2012-02-24; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 812 rows; 2000-03-28 through 2014-08-07; 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/bronzite-iii-4605978`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bronzite-iii-4605978`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4605978/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4605978/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4605978/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`