# Docks Creek, LLC

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4607458
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wayne, WV
- **Operator:** Docks Creek, LLC
- **Controller:** Royal Holding Company; Edward F T  Hatfield
- **Public source rows linked:** 4,781
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Royal Holding Company; Edward F T  Hatfield (0069761) → Docks Creek, LLC (P24086) → Docks Creek, LLC (4607458)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Anderson Albert A Et Al → E-Town Supply Company:** 1988-02-01 through 1989-09-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607458; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ashland Inc et al → Arch Coal Terminal Inc:** 1989-09-05 through 1997-07-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607458; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arch Resources Inc → Arch Coal Terminal Inc:** 1997-07-10 through 1999-01-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607458; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Utilicorp United Inc → Docks Creek, LLC:** 1999-01-06 through 2003-06-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607458; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Franklin D  Robertson  et al → Docks Creek, LLC:** 2003-06-28 through 2007-08-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607458; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James O  Bunn  et al → Docks Creek, LLC:** 2003-06-28 through 2007-08-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607458; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Royal Holding Company  et al → Docks Creek, LLC:** 2007-08-22 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607458; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Edward F T  Hatfield  et al → Docks Creek, LLC:** 2007-08-22 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607458; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 17
- 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 — 2 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 16 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 617 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 123 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 495 violation rows across the full record; 197 carry an S&S flag and $95,208 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 403 samples:** Occupational health samples 274 coal dust; 1 coal quartz; 128 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 11 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 8K employee hours and 16 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 169 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 76 contested-violation rows, 83 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 10 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 32 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 — 21 since 2021:** Inspections 90 inspection events and 5K 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 41.11 — Notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.11
- **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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.502 — Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502
- **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 77.1110 — 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 77.1710 — Protective clothing; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1710
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 16 rows; 2001-06-14 through 2026-07-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2003-03-19 through 2003-03-19; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 482 rows; 2000-02-08 through 2026-08-17; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 83 rows; 2000-02-04 through 2026-08-19; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 274 rows; 2000-02-09 through 2026-09-23; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 10 rows; 2001-02-15 through 2001-02-15; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 76 rows; 2005-07-20 through 2025-09-24; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,398 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 484 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1988-02-01 through 1999-01-06; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 90 rows; 2000-02-04 through 2026-07-24; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 191 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 43 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 128 rows; 2000-03-21 through 2026-08-17; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1 rows; 2016-09-12 through 2016-09-12; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 495 rows; 2000-02-08 through 2026-08-19; 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/docks-creek-llc-4607458`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/docks-creek-llc-4607458`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4607458/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4607458/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4607458/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`