# Peerless #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608287
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Nicholas, WV
- **Operator:** D M D Mining Inc
- **Controller:** David L  Huffman
- **Public source rows linked:** 173
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**David L  Huffman (C15842) → D M D Mining Inc (P24226) → Peerless #1 (4608287)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Michael P  Perilli → K & P Mining Inc:** 1993-03-01 through 1994-04-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608287; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Richard Wayne  Thomas → Calvin Coal Company Inc:** 1994-04-08 through 1994-12-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608287; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Randy W  Burke → Fern Cove Inc:** 1994-12-05 through 1996-02-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608287; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Randy P  Key → Missouri Creek Coal Company:** 1996-02-14 through 1999-04-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608287; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David L  Huffman → D M D Mining Inc:** 1999-04-21 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608287; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 15
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 49 violation rows across the full record; 21 carry an S&S flag and $4,297 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 47 samples:** Occupational health samples 41 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 4 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 — 37K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 16K employee hours and 29 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 19 inspection events and 384 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 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (6 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 75.1714-2 — Self-rescue devices; use and location requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-2
- **30 CFR 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2005-09-29 through 2005-09-29; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 47 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2000-08-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 41 rows; 2000-01-02 through 2000-08-03; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1993-03-01 through 1999-04-21; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 19 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2000-07-12; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 2 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 4 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2000-01-12; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2000-07-20; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 49 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2000-08-25; 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/peerless-1-4608287`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/peerless-1-4608287`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608287/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608287/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608287/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`