# Cabin Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608473
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Grant, WV
- **Operator:** Double H Mining Co., Inc.
- **Controller:** Terry  Hovatter
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,013
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Terry  Hovatter (C15396) → Double H Mining Co., Inc. (P23421) → Cabin Mine (4608473)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Chandler Thomas N → Blackwater Mining Inc:** 1995-02-01 through 1998-02-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608473; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Courtland  Helbig → Difficult Mining Inc:** 1998-03-01 through 2002-04-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608473; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Courtland  Helbig → GMS Mine Repair & Maintenance, Inc.:** 2002-04-17 through 2002-08-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608473; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Loyal G  Forman Jr → Loyal Forman and Son Inc.:** 2002-08-16 through 2003-03-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608473; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Terry  Hovatter → Double H Mining Co., Inc.:** 2003-03-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608473; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 14
- 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 14 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 410 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 340 violation rows across the full record; 80 carry an S&S flag and $33,364 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 476 samples:** Occupational health samples 401 coal dust; 39 coal quartz; 36 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 — 1 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 89 inspection events and 3K 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 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **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 75.1725 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1725
- **30 CFR 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1202-1 — Temporary notations, revisions, and supplements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1202-1
- **30 CFR 75.516 — Power wires; support.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.516
- **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 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 14 rows; 2000-03-31 through 2006-11-29; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2010-09-29 through 2010-09-29; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 333 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2006-12-06; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 401 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2006-11-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 5 rows; 2001-02-23 through 2001-04-18; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 546 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 136 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1995-02-01 through 2003-03-12; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 89 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2010-09-29; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 55 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 36 rows; 2000-02-08 through 2006-06-01; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 39 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2006-08-28; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 340 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2006-12-06; 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/cabin-mine-4608473`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/cabin-mine-4608473`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608473/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608473/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608473/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`