# Josephine No 2 Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4607191
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Raleigh, WV
- **Operator:** Pocahontas Coal Company LLC
- **Controller:** Metinvest B V
- **Public source rows linked:** 7,126
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Metinvest B V (0085453) → Pocahontas Coal Company LLC (0065824) → Josephine No 2 Mine (4607191)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Henry Paul  Kizer et al → Stoney Coal Company:** 1986-09-01 through 1997-03-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607191; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Timothy L  McCoy → Essential Fuels Inc:** 1997-03-10 through 1999-02-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607191; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Larry B  McKinney → Rhino Mining Inc:** 1999-02-02 through 2002-12-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607191; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **White Mountain Mining Co., LLC → White Mountain Mining Co., L.L.C.:** 2002-12-04 through 2003-02-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607191; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **White Mountain Mining Co., LLC → Black Hawk Mining:** 2003-02-04 through 2005-11-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607191; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Pocahontas Coal Company LLC:** 2005-11-15 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607191; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Pocahontas Coal Company LLC:** 2009-04-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607191; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 20
- 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 123 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2,014 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,561 violation rows across the full record; 489 carry an S&S flag and $945,880 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,623 coal dust; 71 coal quartz; 78 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 14 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 — 870 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 410 contested-violation rows, 413 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 47 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 12 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 118 inspection events and 12K 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 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **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 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **30 CFR 77.701 — Grounding metallic frames, casings, and other enclosures of electric equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-H/section-77.701
- **30 CFR 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 75.1505 — Escapeway maps.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1505
- **30 CFR 75.1719-4 — Mining machines, cap lamps; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1719-4

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 123 rows; 2003-03-11 through 2014-07-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-08-09 through 2018-08-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,523 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2014-03-12; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 413 rows; 2001-05-29 through 2017-11-16; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,623 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2014-03-20; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 47 rows; 2000-02-23 through 2014-08-05; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 410 rows; 2004-03-10 through 2014-03-12; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 799 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 141 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 1986-09-01 through 2005-11-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 118 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2018-08-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 176 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 34 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 78 rows; 2008-11-19 through 2014-03-12; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 71 rows; 2003-04-07 through 2014-01-14; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,561 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2014-03-12; 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/josephine-no-2-mine-4607191`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/josephine-no-2-mine-4607191`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4607191/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4607191/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4607191/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`