# Alpheus Coal Refuse Disposal Facility

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608438
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Taishan Coal, LLC
- **Controller:** Taishan Resources LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,630
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Taishan Resources LLC (0149221) → Taishan Coal, LLC (0164913) → Alpheus Coal Refuse Disposal Facility (4608438)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Mineral Development Corp Of DE → Antaeus Gary Project Inc:** 1994-09-01 through 2001-06-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608438; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jay R  Childress → Below Par Inc:** 2001-06-13 through 2008-05-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608438; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jay R  Childress → Buckshot Processing LLC:** 2008-05-19 through 2010-01-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608438; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rory J  Cutaia et al → Greenfields Coal Company, LLC:** 2010-01-11 through 2014-05-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608438; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Advanced Coal Technologies LLC et al → Greenfields Coal Company, LLC:** 2010-01-11 through 2014-05-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608438; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Richard  Tuorto → Blaze Mining Company, LLC:** 2014-05-21 through 2017-03-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608438; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Arq Limited → Arq Gary, LLC:** 2017-03-09 through 2019-06-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608438; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Taishan Resources LLC → Taishan Coal, LLC:** 2019-06-14 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608438; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 22
- 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 — 2 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 174 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 261 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 330 violation rows across the full record; 108 carry an S&S flag and $393,793 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 108 samples:** Occupational health samples 61 coal dust; 2 coal quartz; 45 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 — 12K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 17K employee hours and 34 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 214 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 92 contested-violation rows, 92 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 30 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 — 44 since 2021:** Inspections 99 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 229,271 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 65,844
- **Average employees:** 38
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 62.130 — Permissible exposure level.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.130
- **30 CFR 62.180 — Training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.180
- **30 CFR 62.170 — Audiometric testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.170
- **30 CFR 72.100 — Periodic examinations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-72/subpart-B/section-72.100
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 71.403 — Waiver of surface facilities requirements; posting of waiver.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.403
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 71.501 — Sanitary toilet facilities; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.501
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2002-01-31 through 2025-10-20; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-10-14 through 2025-10-14; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 312 rows; 2000-03-09 through 2026-06-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 92 rows; 2023-10-16 through 2025-05-01; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 61 rows; 2009-07-29 through 2026-09-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 30 rows; 2011-07-08 through 2023-04-17; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 92 rows; 2022-08-23 through 2024-06-27; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 407 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 80 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1994-09-01 through 2019-06-14; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 99 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2026-07-29; 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:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 45 rows; 2009-07-29 through 2026-06-29; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 2 rows; 2021-09-29 through 2022-06-10; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 330 rows; 2000-03-09 through 2026-06-08; 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/alpheus-coal-refuse-disposal-facility-4608438`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/alpheus-coal-refuse-disposal-facility-4608438`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608438/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608438/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608438/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`