# Orgas Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4607668
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Boone, WV
- **Operator:** LCC West Virginia LLC
- **Controller:** Lexington Coal Company LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 513
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Lexington Coal Company LLC (0045767) → LCC West Virginia LLC (0054957) → Orgas Mine (4607668)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Carl F  Frischkorn → Battle Ridge Companies:** 1989-02-01 through 1998-08-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607668; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → C C Coal Company:** 1998-08-21 through 2004-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607668; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lexington Coal Company LLC → LCC West Virginia LLC:** 2004-10-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4607668; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 9
- 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 5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 10 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 14 violation rows across the full record; 9 carry an S&S flag and $2,029 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 10 samples:** Occupational health samples 5 coal dust; 5 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 3K employee hours and 5 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 1 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 16 inspection events and 227 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 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 71.501 — Sanitary toilet facilities; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.501
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 72.620 — Drill dust control at surface mines and surface areas of underground mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.620
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **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 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 48.23 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2001-07-02 through 2001-11-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2003-03-24 through 2003-03-24; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 14 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2002-03-27; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 5 rows; 2001-09-27 through 2001-09-27; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2002-04-23 through 2002-04-23; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 343 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 75 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1989-02-01 through 2004-10-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 16 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2003-03-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 26 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 5 rows; 2001-09-27 through 2001-09-27; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 14 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2002-03-27; 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/orgas-mine-4607668`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/orgas-mine-4607668`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4607668/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4607668/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4607668/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`