# Josephine No 3 Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608266
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Raleigh, WV
- **Operator:** Pocahontas Coal Company LLC
- **Controller:** Metinvest B V
- **Public source rows linked:** 4,831
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Metinvest B V (0085453) → Pocahontas Coal Company LLC (0065824) → Josephine No 3 Mine (4608266)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Henry Paul  Kizer et al → Tommy Creek Coal Company:** 1993-02-01 through 1997-03-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608266; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Timothy L  McCoy → Essential Fuels Inc:** 1997-03-10 through 1999-02-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608266; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Larry B  McKinney → Rhino Mining Inc:** 1999-02-02 through 2002-12-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608266; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **White Mountain Mining Co., LLC → White Mountain Mining Co., LLC:** 2002-12-04 through 2003-02-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608266; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **White Mountain Mining Co., LLC → Black Hawk Mining:** 2003-02-04 through 2005-11-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608266; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **United  Company → Pocahontas Coal Company LLC:** 2005-11-15 through 2009-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608266; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Metinvest B V → Pocahontas Coal Company LLC:** 2009-04-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608266; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 20
- 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 77 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2,324 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 932 violation rows across the full record; 277 carry an S&S flag and $502,868 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,049 coal dust; 86 coal quartz; 39 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 10 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 — 407 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 194 contested-violation rows, 194 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 19 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 7 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 104 inspection events and 8K 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 75.1106-3 — Storage of liquefied and nonliquefied compressed gas cylinders; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1106-3
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.351 — Atmospheric monitoring systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.351
- **30 CFR 75.1731 — Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1731
- **30 CFR 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380
- **30 CFR 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 77 rows; 2003-09-06 through 2013-11-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-08-09 through 2018-08-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 914 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2014-03-17; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 194 rows; 2006-01-20 through 2015-02-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,049 rows; 2000-01-17 through 2013-12-04; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 19 rows; 2005-02-03 through 2014-04-01; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 194 rows; 2004-06-08 through 2013-10-28; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 867 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 145 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 1993-02-01 through 2005-11-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 104 rows; 2000-01-20 through 2018-08-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 168 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 34 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 39 rows; 2008-03-21 through 2013-09-11; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 86 rows; 2004-03-23 through 2013-12-04; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 932 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2014-03-17; 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/josephine-no-3-mine-4608266`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/josephine-no-3-mine-4608266`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608266/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608266/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608266/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`