# No 7

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608102
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mingo, WV
- **Operator:** North Star Contractors Incorporated
- **Controller:** Carl  Kirk
- **Public source rows linked:** 765
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Carl  Kirk (C05558) → North Star Contractors Incorporated (P19906) → No 7 (4608102)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Sheridan  Booth Jr → Ragland Coal Company Inc:** 1991-10-01 through 1995-03-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608102; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Carl  Kirk et al → Durbin Coal Inc:** 1995-03-16 through 1999-08-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608102; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Amon L  Mahon → Island Fork Construction Ltd:** 1999-08-30 through 2002-12-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608102; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Carl  Kirk et al → North Star Contractors Incorporated:** 2002-12-06 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608102; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 12
- 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 12 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 409 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 109 violation rows across the full record; 22 carry an S&S flag and $7,950 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 205 samples:** Occupational health samples 185 coal dust; 15 coal quartz; 5 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 — 16 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 2 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 14 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 40 inspection events and 877 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 75.311 — Main mine fan operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.311
- **30 CFR 75.1200 — Mine map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1200
- **30 CFR 77.800-2 — 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-I/section-77.800-2
- **30 CFR 75.900-4 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; record.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.900-4
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 75.312 — Main mine fan examinations and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.312
- **30 CFR 75.372 — Mine ventilation map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.372
- **30 CFR 77.903 — Disconnecting devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.903
- **30 CFR 77.512 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.512
- **30 CFR 77.505 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.505
- **30 CFR 75.310 — Installation of main mine fans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.310

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 12 rows; 2000-04-03 through 2002-05-06; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2010-09-30 through 2010-09-30; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 107 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2003-03-19; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 2 rows; 2001-02-12 through 2002-02-13; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 185 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2001-10-25; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 14 rows; 2001-10-31 through 2003-05-01; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 184 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 49 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1991-10-01 through 2002-12-06; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 40 rows; 2000-01-20 through 2003-04-02; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 33 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; 2000-03-13 through 2000-03-13; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 15 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2001-08-29; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 109 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2003-03-19; 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/no-7-4608102`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-7-4608102`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608102/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608102/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608102/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`