# Samples Surface Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4607178
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Kanawha, WV
- **Operator:** Panther Creek Mining LLC
- **Controller:** Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
- **Public source rows linked:** 15,109
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Sev.en Global Investments a.s. (0158381) → Panther Creek Mining LLC (0141673) → Samples Surface Mine (4607178)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Lawson W  Hamilton Jr → Ford Coal Company:** 1986-08-01 through 1989-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607178; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ashland Inc et al → Catenary Coal Company LLC:** 1989-08-01 through 2005-12-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607178; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Magnum Coal Company → Catenary Coal Company LLC:** 2005-12-31 through 2008-07-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607178; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Catenary Coal Company LLC:** 2008-07-23 through 2015-10-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607178; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Panther Creek Mining LLC:** 2015-10-26 through 2020-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607178; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Panther Creek Mining LLC:** 2020-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607178; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 15
- 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 — 11 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 225 historical accident/injury rows; 4 coded fatalities and 6,939 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 281 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,646 violation rows across the full record; 602 carry an S&S flag and $532,956 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,084 coal dust; 107 coal quartz; 109 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 28 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 — 1.1M tons:** Quarterly production and employment 207K employee hours and 330 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 327 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 91 contested-violation rows, 152 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 84 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 70 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 — 37 since 2021:** Inspections 184 inspection events and 23K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 743,569 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 256,133
- **Average employees:** 102
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **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 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (6 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **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
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 225 rows; 2000-01-27 through 2026-02-09; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2005-04-02 through 2005-04-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,610 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2026-06-01; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 152 rows; 2000-04-06 through 2020-06-22; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,084 rows; 2000-01-07 through 2026-09-21; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 84 rows; 2000-09-11 through 2023-10-25; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 91 rows; 2004-08-11 through 2020-01-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 8,121 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 1,614 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1986-08-01 through 2015-10-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 184 rows; 2000-01-13 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:** 50 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 109 rows; 2000-02-29 through 2025-11-04; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 107 rows; 2000-03-06 through 2026-05-05; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,646 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2026-10-13; 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/samples-surface-mine-4607178`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/samples-surface-mine-4607178`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4607178/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4607178/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4607178/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`