# No 52 Mine - **MSHA mine ID:** 4608604 - **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed - **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous) - **Location:** Mcdowell, WV - **Operator:** Energy Plus Inc - **Controller:** Thomas W Lusk - **Public source rows linked:** 501 - **Source coverage:** 13 / 20 - **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z ## Current entity hierarchy **Thomas W Lusk (C16080) → Energy Plus Inc (P24707) → No 52 Mine (4608604)** Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim. ## Controller and operator valid-time history - **Kenneth Cline Walls II → Kenjean Inc:** 1996-11-01 through 1997-11-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608604; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Angela Hopkins → Bearco Mining Company Inc:** 1997-11-20 through 1998-05-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608604; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Calvin Cook → Heritage Minerals Inc:** 1998-05-27 through 1999-01-13; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608604; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Joseph Deskins → Bottom Creek Coal Inc:** 1999-01-14 through 2000-03-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608604; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Billy R Lee → High Knob Coal Company Inc:** 2000-03-13 through 2000-07-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608604; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Tom Davis → High Knob Coal Company Inc:** 2000-07-22 through 2001-08-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608604; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Thomas W Lusk → Energy Plus Inc:** 2001-08-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608604; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - History rows: 7 - Typed edges: 21 - 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 1,431 lost days across the published record. 2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 111 violation rows across the full record; 38 carry an S&S flag and $9,433 appears in current assessed amounts. 3. **HEALTH — 182 samples:** Occupational health samples 171 coal dust; 7 coal quartz; 4 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 — 5K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 4K employee hours and 5 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter. 5. **LEGAL — 4 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 conference records linked by issuance number. 6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 48 inspection events and 1K 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 75.203 — Mining methods.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.203 - **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 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 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605 - **30 CFR 75.1103 — Automatic fire warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103 - **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 75.1725 — 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 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3 - **30 CFR 75.350 — Belt air course ventilation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.350 - **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370 ## Source coverage - **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 14 rows; 2000-12-09 through 2002-12-30; source ID `msha-accidents` - **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2004-06-28 through 2004-06-28; source ID `msha-addresses` - **Assessed Violations:** 109 rows; 2000-08-31 through 2003-01-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations` - **Coal Dust Samples:** 171 rows; 2000-10-13 through 2002-12-14; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples` - **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2002-05-13 through 2002-05-13; source ID `msha-conferences` - **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 1996-11-01 through 2001-08-30; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history` - **Inspections:** 48 rows; 2000-04-03 through 2003-01-07; source ID `msha-inspections` - **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 19 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly` - **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly` - **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines` - **Noise Samples:** 4 rows; 2001-08-22 through 2001-08-22; source ID `msha-noise-samples` - **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 7 rows; 2001-08-29 through 2002-11-12; source ID `msha-quartz-samples` - **Violations:** 111 rows; 2000-08-31 through 2003-01-08; 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/no-52-mine-4608604` - JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-52-mine-4608604` - Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608604/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows) - Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608604/relationships` - MCP resource: `mine://4608604/assessment` - Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`