# Odell Processing Laurel Loadout

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608008
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Logan, WV
- **Operator:** Lexington Coal Company, LLC
- **Controller:** Lexington Coal Holdings, Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,152
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Lexington Coal Holdings, Inc (0137221) → Lexington Coal Company, LLC (0154153) → Odell Processing Laurel Loadout (4608008)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Poropat Giuseppe → Laurel Creek Company Inc:** 1991-03-01 through 1992-06-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608008; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael C  Castle → Maint-Tech Maintenance Company Inc:** 1992-06-29 through 1994-03-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608008; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert L  Padgett Sr → Odell Processing Inc:** 1994-03-31 through 1997-03-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608008; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Franklin D  Robertson  et al → Odell Processing Inc:** 1997-03-13 through 2002-01-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608008; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James O  Bunn  et al → Odell Processing Inc:** 1997-03-13 through 2002-01-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608008; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rag Aktiengesellschaft → Odell Processing Inc:** 2002-01-22 through 2004-07-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608008; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Foundation Coal Corporation → Odell Processing Inc:** 2004-07-30 through 2009-07-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608008; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Odell Processing Inc:** 2009-07-31 through 2014-09-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608008; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Rockspring Development, Inc.:** 2014-09-16 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608008; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Foundation Coal Corporation → Rockspring Development, Inc.:** 2014-09-16 through 2009-07-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608008; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Rockspring Development, Inc.:** 2016-07-26 through 2017-10-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608008; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lexington Coal Holdings, Inc → Lexington Coal Company, LLC:** 2017-10-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608008; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 12
- Typed edges: 29
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 25 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 59 violation rows across the full record; 24 carry an S&S flag and $26,719 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 39 samples:** Occupational health samples 27 coal dust; 12 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — 13 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 5 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 6 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 44 inspection events and 787 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 77.1605 — 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 77.900-2 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; record.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.900-2
- **30 CFR 77.1713 — Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-R/section-77.1713
- **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 77.800-1 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; procedures.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-I/section-77.800-1
- **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
- **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 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 77.1606 — 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 48.26 — Experienced miner training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.26
- **30 CFR 48.29 — Records of training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.29

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2004-04-24 through 2007-04-03; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2021-07-19 through 2021-07-19; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 59 rows; 2002-04-29 through 2013-10-22; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2009-10-27 through 2013-02-12; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 27 rows; 2002-04-29 through 2009-01-16; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2007-12-21 through 2007-12-21; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2007-12-12 through 2008-06-07; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 657 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 152 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 12 rows; 1991-03-01 through 2017-10-23; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 44 rows; 2002-02-19 through 2020-08-10; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 102 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 12 rows; 2002-11-22 through 2009-01-16; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 59 rows; 2002-04-29 through 2013-10-22; 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/odell-processing-laurel-loadout-4608008`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/odell-processing-laurel-loadout-4608008`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608008/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608008/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608008/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`