# Fourmile Fork

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608596
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Kanawha, WV
- **Operator:** Pritchard Mining Co Inc.
- **Controller:** Andrew B  Jordon
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,659
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Andrew B  Jordon (C14644) → Pritchard Mining Co Inc. (P21951) → Fourmile Fork (4608596)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Carl F  Frischkorn → Battle Ridge Companies:** 1996-10-01 through 1998-08-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608596; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated → C C Coal Company:** 1998-08-21 through 2004-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608596; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lexington Coal Company LLC → LCC West Virginia LLC:** 2004-10-01 through 2005-02-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608596; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Andrew B  Jordon → Pritchard Mining Co Inc.:** 2005-02-22 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608596; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 12
- 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 32 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 746 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 191 violation rows across the full record; 100 carry an S&S flag and $91,590 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 207 samples:** Occupational health samples 154 coal dust; 10 coal quartz; 43 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 3 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 — 63 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 30 contested-violation rows, 30 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 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 — 5 since 2021:** Inspections 56 inspection events and 2K 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 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 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **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 77.207 — Illumination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.207
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **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 77.1001 — Stripping; loose material.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1001

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 32 rows; 2001-04-12 through 2013-10-14; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-07-08 through 2026-07-08; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 189 rows; 2001-01-02 through 2016-06-27; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 30 rows; 2006-05-10 through 2013-08-16; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 154 rows; 2001-01-09 through 2016-06-06; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2013-03-19 through 2013-03-19; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 30 rows; 2005-10-20 through 2012-10-16; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 643 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 145 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1996-10-01 through 2005-02-22; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 56 rows; 2000-10-05 through 2023-06-26; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 106 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 21 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 43 rows; 2005-06-22 through 2016-06-27; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 10 rows; 2001-01-09 through 2010-06-23; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 191 rows; 2001-01-02 through 2016-06-27; 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/fourmile-fork-4608596`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/fourmile-fork-4608596`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608596/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608596/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608596/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`