# Toms Fork Prep Plant and Loadout

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608465
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Kanawha, WV
- **Operator:** Panther Creek Mining LLC
- **Controller:** Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
- **Public source rows linked:** 5,531
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Sev.en Global Investments a.s. (0158381) → Panther Creek Mining LLC (0141673) → Toms Fork Prep Plant and Loadout (4608465)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Ashland Inc et al → Catenary Coal Company LLC:** 1995-01-01 through 2005-12-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608465; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Magnum Coal Company → Catenary Coal Company LLC:** 2005-12-31 through 2008-07-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608465; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Catenary Coal Company LLC:** 2008-07-23 through 2009-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608465; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Magnum Coal Company → Coyote Coal Company LLC:** 2010-01-01 through 2008-07-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608465; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Coyote Coal Company LLC:** 2010-01-01 through 2015-10-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608465; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Panther Creek Mining LLC:** 2015-10-26 through 2020-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608465; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Panther Creek Mining LLC:** 2020-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608465; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 16
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 31 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,208 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 139 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 404 violation rows across the full record; 113 carry an S&S flag and $76,138 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 443 samples:** Occupational health samples 325 coal dust; 14 coal quartz; 104 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 14 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 6K employee hours and 9 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 36 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 11 contested-violation rows, 11 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 14 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 23 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 — 31 since 2021:** Inspections 173 inspection events and 7K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 34,290
- **Average employees:** 14
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 2

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **30 CFR 77.207 — Illumination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.207

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 31 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2023-05-15; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1995-08-14 through 1995-08-14; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 402 rows; 2000-04-25 through 2026-07-27; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 11 rows; 2011-06-30 through 2025-09-12; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 325 rows; 2000-04-26 through 2026-08-06; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 14 rows; 2001-07-26 through 2025-05-29; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 11 rows; 2007-04-03 through 2025-03-27; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 3,200 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 612 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 1995-01-01 through 2015-10-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 173 rows; 2000-01-31 through 2026-09-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 178 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 43 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 104 rows; 2003-05-22 through 2025-12-17; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 14 rows; 2014-12-20 through 2025-12-17; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 404 rows; 2000-04-25 through 2026-07-27; 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/toms-fork-prep-plant-and-loadout-4608465`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/toms-fork-prep-plant-and-loadout-4608465`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608465/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608465/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608465/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`