# Mine No. 3

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608419
- **Status:** Temporarily Idled
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Rayco, LLC
- **Controller:** Brandon  Bishop
- **Public source rows linked:** 343
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Brandon  Bishop (0141541) → Rayco, LLC (0157593) → Mine No. 3 (4608419)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Darvin  Rowe et al → Reed Branch Coal Company:** 1994-06-01 through 2006-07-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608419; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Darvin  Rowe et al → Resurrection Coal Company, Inc.:** 2006-07-18 through 2021-03-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608419; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Brandon  Bishop → Rayco, LLC:** 2021-03-11 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608419; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 9
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 279 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 42 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 73 violation rows across the full record; 9 carry an S&S flag and $11,903 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 84 samples:** Occupational health samples 67 coal dust; 10 coal quartz; 7 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 — 5 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 5 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 — 22 since 2021:** Inspections 46 inspection events and 815 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.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.512 — Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512
- **30 CFR 75.1600-2 — Communication facilities; working sections; installation and maintenance requirements; audible or visual alarms.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-Q/section-75.1600-2
- **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 75.1731 — 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 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604
- **30 CFR 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **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 75.1732 — Proximity detection systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1732
- **30 CFR 75.606 — Protection of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.606
- **30 CFR 75.214 — Supplemental support materials, equipment and tools.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.214

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2015-05-21 through 2015-05-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-04-01 through 2025-04-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 73 rows; 2015-01-12 through 2022-06-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 67 rows; 2015-06-09 through 2022-06-10; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 5 rows; 2015-08-10 through 2015-08-10; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1994-06-01 through 2021-03-11; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 46 rows; 2014-09-10 through 2026-06-26; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 52 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:** 7 rows; 2015-06-16 through 2022-03-17; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 10 rows; 2015-06-16 through 2022-06-10; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 73 rows; 2015-01-12 through 2022-06-07; 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/mine-no-3-4608419`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-3-4608419`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608419/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608419/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608419/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`