# Burn Coal Inc Mine #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608561
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Upshur, WV
- **Operator:** Burn Coal Inc
- **Controller:** Phillip E  Burnside
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,732
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Phillip E  Burnside (C15423) → Burn Coal Inc (P23462) → Burn Coal Inc Mine #1 (4608561)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Phillip E  Burnside → Burn Coal Inc:** 1996-03-01 through 2001-09-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608561; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Johnny J  Bishoff et al → Odyssey Energy, Inc.:** 2001-09-04 through 2005-12-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608561; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James R  Bishoff et al → Odyssey Energy, Inc.:** 2001-09-04 through 2005-12-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608561; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Phillip E  Burnside → Burn Coal Inc:** 2005-12-15 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608561; 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 21 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 287 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 449 violation rows across the full record; 146 carry an S&S flag and $97,068 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 616 samples:** Occupational health samples 536 coal dust; 45 coal quartz; 35 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 12 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 — 31K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 15K employee hours and 30 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 23 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 20 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 92 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 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 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 48.29 — Records of training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.29
- **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 75.312 — Main mine fan examinations and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.312
- **30 CFR 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 21 rows; 2000-06-13 through 2006-02-01; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2006-11-30 through 2006-11-30; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 426 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2005-12-20; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2001-07-26 through 2004-01-22; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 536 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2005-11-02; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 20 rows; 2004-02-18 through 2005-10-13; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 51 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1996-03-01 through 2005-12-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 92 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2006-11-30; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 20 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 11 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 35 rows; 2000-02-23 through 2005-09-09; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 45 rows; 2000-01-31 through 2005-05-18; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 449 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2005-12-20; 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/burn-coal-inc-mine-1-4608561`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/burn-coal-inc-mine-1-4608561`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608561/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608561/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608561/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`