# No 1 Surface

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4606870
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Nicholas, WV
- **Operator:** Lexington Coal Company, LLC
- **Controller:** Lexington Coal Holdings, Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 8,036
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Lexington Coal Holdings, Inc (0137221) → Lexington Coal Company, LLC (0154153) → No 1 Surface (4606870)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Geupel Construction Co Inc  et al → High Power Energy:** 1984-12-01 through 1998-10-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606870; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Alex Energy, LLC:** 1998-10-26 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606870; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Alex Energy, LLC:** 2011-06-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606870; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Alex Energy, LLC:** 2016-07-26 through 2017-10-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606870; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lexington Coal Holdings, Inc → Lexington Coal Company, LLC:** 2017-10-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606870; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Alex Energy, LLC:** 2018-11-09 through 2017-10-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4606870; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 15
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 131 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 3,198 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 678 violation rows across the full record; 232 carry an S&S flag and $660,619 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 697 samples:** Occupational health samples 546 coal dust; 17 coal quartz; 134 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 9 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 — 197 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 80 contested-violation rows, 97 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 20 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 29 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 — 13 since 2021:** Inspections 134 inspection events and 7K 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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.215 — Refuse piles; construction requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.215
- **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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1102 — Warning signs; smoking and open flame.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1102
- **30 CFR 47.31 — Requirement for a HazCom program.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-D/section-47.31
- **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 71.403 — Waiver of surface facilities requirements; posting of waiver.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.403
- **30 CFR 72.100 — Periodic examinations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-B/section-72.100

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 131 rows; 2000-01-28 through 2015-11-11; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-07-08 through 2024-07-08; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 658 rows; 2000-02-24 through 2020-02-24; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 97 rows; 2003-05-15 through 2014-06-17; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 546 rows; 2000-02-29 through 2023-03-08; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 20 rows; 2000-05-04 through 2011-01-04; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 80 rows; 2006-05-18 through 2013-04-08; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 4,524 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 792 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1984-12-01 through 2017-10-23; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 134 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2024-07-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 182 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 35 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 134 rows; 2000-03-09 through 2023-02-09; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 17 rows; 2000-02-29 through 2015-08-25; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 678 rows; 2000-02-24 through 2020-02-24; 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/no-1-surface-4606870`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-1-surface-4606870`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4606870/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4606870/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4606870/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`