# No. 6

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608268
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Logan, WV
- **Operator:** Rockhouse Creek Development LLC
- **Controller:** James River Coal Company
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,043
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James River Coal Company (C13562) → Rockhouse Creek Development LLC (P24390) → No. 6 (4608268)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Stephen  Hairston → Kazin Coal Inc:** 1992-02-01 through 1993-10-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608268; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Huffman Glen A Jr → Bar-B Trucking Inc:** 1993-10-13 through 2004-09-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608268; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Industries Inc → Rockhouse Creek Development LLC:** 2004-09-09 through 2007-07-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608268; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Resources LLC → Rockhouse Creek Development LLC:** 2007-07-16 through 2011-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608268; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Rockhouse Creek Development LLC:** 2011-04-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608268; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 13
- 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 45 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 614 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 667 violation rows across the full record; 119 carry an S&S flag and $329,320 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 571 samples:** Occupational health samples 519 coal dust; 32 coal quartz; 20 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 581 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 274 contested-violation rows, 274 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 33 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 58 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 77.404 — 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 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 75.351 — 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 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 72.630 — Drill dust control at underground areas of underground mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-E/section-72.630
- **30 CFR 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **30 CFR 75.523-3 — Automatic emergency-parking brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-3
- **30 CFR 75.1107-3 — Fire suppression devices; approved components; installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-3
- **30 CFR 75.808 — Disconnecting devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-I/section-75.808

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 45 rows; 2005-05-13 through 2013-01-11; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2018-07-27 through 2018-07-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 662 rows; 2005-03-17 through 2013-02-06; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 274 rows; 2007-03-26 through 2015-06-03; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 519 rows; 2000-02-15 through 2013-05-02; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 33 rows; 2007-01-30 through 2012-07-03; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 274 rows; 2006-08-10 through 2013-01-15; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 280 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 53 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1992-02-01 through 2004-09-09; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 58 rows; 2000-09-21 through 2013-06-20; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 98 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 21 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 20 rows; 2008-05-14 through 2012-11-14; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 32 rows; 2005-05-26 through 2013-01-22; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 667 rows; 2005-03-17 through 2013-02-06; 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-6-4608268`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-6-4608268`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608268/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608268/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608268/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`