# Marsh Fork Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608551
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Raleigh, WV
- **Operator:** Marfork Coal Company Inc
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 7,543
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Marfork Coal Company Inc (P22603) → Marsh Fork Mine (4608551)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Massey Energy Company → Marfork Coal Company Inc:** 1996-01-01 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608551; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Marfork Coal Company Inc:** 2011-06-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608551; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Marfork Coal Company Inc:** 2016-07-26 through 2018-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608551; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Marfork Coal Company Inc:** 2018-11-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608551; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- 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 115 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 3,327 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,585 violation rows across the full record; 439 carry an S&S flag and $2,173,106 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,779 coal dust; 85 coal quartz; 81 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 18 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 4K employee hours and 8 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 598 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 290 contested-violation rows, 290 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 18 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 8 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 123 inspection events and 12K 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 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **30 CFR 75.223 — Evaluation and revision of roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.223
- **30 CFR 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20
- **30 CFR 75.1714-6 — Emergency tethers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-6
- **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 75.1103-8 — Automatic fire sensor and warning device systems; examination and test requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-8
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **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 75.1100-1 — Type and quality of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-1

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 115 rows; 2002-08-15 through 2016-05-19; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2015-08-28 through 2015-08-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,542 rows; 2002-09-10 through 2015-06-18; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 290 rows; 2006-10-04 through 2016-07-26; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,779 rows; 2002-06-10 through 2015-04-27; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 18 rows; 2002-11-12 through 2014-12-05; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 290 rows; 2005-01-26 through 2015-02-24; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,266 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 227 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1996-01-01 through 1996-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 123 rows; 2002-07-15 through 2015-08-12; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 108 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 28 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 81 rows; 2003-02-05 through 2015-01-14; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 85 rows; 2002-09-23 through 2015-01-14; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,585 rows; 2002-09-10 through 2015-06-18; 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/marsh-fork-mine-4608551`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/marsh-fork-mine-4608551`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608551/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608551/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608551/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`