# Coon Knob Surface Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4607545
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mingo, WV
- **Operator:** Monument Mining, Inc.
- **Controller:** Bobby  Justus
- **Public source rows linked:** 5,398
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Bobby  Justus (0079993) → Monument Mining, Inc. (0148473) → Coon Knob Surface Mine (4607545)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Donald  Nicewonder → Premium Energy Inc:** 1988-06-01 through 2005-11-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607545; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Premium Energy LLC:** 2005-11-02 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607545; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Premium Energy LLC:** 2016-07-26 through 2017-10-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607545; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lexington Coal Holdings, Inc → Lexington Coal Company, LLC:** 2017-10-23 through 2026-09-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607545; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bobby  Justus → Monument Mining, Inc.:** 2026-09-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607545; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 14
- 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 57 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2,357 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 35 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 368 violation rows across the full record; 161 carry an S&S flag and $194,628 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 230 samples:** Occupational health samples 166 coal dust; 1 coal quartz; 63 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 3 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 — 260 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 129 contested-violation rows, 129 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 21 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 90 inspection events and 4K 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.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.1600 — Loading and haulage; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1600
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **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 77.207 — Illumination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.207

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 57 rows; 2000-01-30 through 2017-11-27; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-09-26 through 2024-09-26; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 358 rows; 2000-01-07 through 2023-06-12; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 129 rows; 2008-11-20 through 2015-02-26; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 166 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2023-06-19; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 2 rows; 2000-04-06 through 2012-01-09; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 129 rows; 2007-08-03 through 2014-06-25; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 3,140 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 655 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1988-06-01 through 2026-09-18; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 90 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2024-09-26; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 197 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 36 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 63 rows; 2000-03-08 through 2023-02-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1 rows; 2023-02-15 through 2023-02-15; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 368 rows; 2000-01-07 through 2023-06-12; 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/coon-knob-surface-mine-4607545`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/coon-knob-surface-mine-4607545`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4607545/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4607545/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4607545/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`