# Matewan Tunnel

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608610
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Boone, WV
- **Operator:** Rockwell Mining LLC
- **Controller:** Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
- **Public source rows linked:** 834
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Sev.en Global Investments a.s. (0158381) → Rockwell Mining LLC (0141655) → Matewan Tunnel (4608610)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Hanson PLC → Eastern Associated Coal Corp:** 1997-01-01 through 1997-09-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608610; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Chris  Cline → Robin Resources Inc:** 1997-09-03 through 1998-05-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608610; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Peabody Energy Corporation → Eastern Associated Coal LLC:** 1998-05-19 through 2007-10-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608610; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Eastern Associated Coal LLC:** 2007-10-31 through 2015-10-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608610; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Rockwell Mining LLC:** 2015-10-26 through 2020-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608610; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Rockwell Mining LLC:** 2020-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608610; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 16
- 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 17 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 360 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 4 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 58 violation rows across the full record; 5 carry an S&S flag and $6,919 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 127 samples:** Occupational health samples 119 coal dust; 8 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 3K employee hours and 5 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 17 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 8 contested-violation rows, 8 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 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 — 23 since 2021:** Inspections 143 inspection events and 4K 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 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 75.523-3 — Automatic emergency-parking brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-3
- **30 CFR 75.1107-9 — Dry chemical devices; capacity; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-9
- **30 CFR 75.1712-3 — Minimum requirements of surface bathing facilities, change rooms, and sanitary toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1712-3
- **30 CFR 48.11 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-A/section-48.11
- **30 CFR 75.312 — Main mine fan examinations and records.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.312
- **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 75.512 — 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 75.1108 — Approved conveyor belts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1108
- **30 CFR 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 17 rows; 2000-05-11 through 2020-06-03; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-01-06 through 2026-01-06; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 57 rows; 2002-09-11 through 2023-09-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 8 rows; 2007-01-04 through 2021-01-27; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 119 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2026-09-24; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2024-02-05 through 2024-02-05; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 8 rows; 2005-11-08 through 2019-01-22; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 105 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 30 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1997-01-01 through 2015-10-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 143 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2026-08-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 235 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 37 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 8 rows; 2005-07-07 through 2017-03-14; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Violations:** 58 rows; 2002-09-11 through 2023-09-05; 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/matewan-tunnel-4608610`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/matewan-tunnel-4608610`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608610/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608610/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608610/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`