# TUG FORK PREPARATION PLANT

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608626
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mingo, WV
- **Operator:** APPALACHIAN RESOURCE WEST VIRGINIA, LLC
- **Controller:** Appalachian Resource Company LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,563
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Appalachian Resource Company LLC (0157781) → APPALACHIAN RESOURCE WEST VIRGINIA, LLC (0173033) → TUG FORK PREPARATION PLANT (4608626)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Zeigler Coal Holding Company → Old Ben Coal Company:** 1997-03-01 through 2005-04-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608626; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Lexington Coal Company LLC → LCC West Virginia, LLC:** 2005-05-01 through 2007-12-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608626; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wexford Capital LLC → CAM Mining LLC:** 2007-12-28 through 2010-10-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608626; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rhino Resource Partners LP → CAM Mining LLC:** 2010-10-05 through 2020-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608626; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Appalachian Resource Company LLC → Appalachian Resource West Virginia, LLC:** 2020-09-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608626; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 14
- 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 — 3 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 61 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 127 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 219 violation rows across the full record; 57 carry an S&S flag and $46,573 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 349 samples:** Occupational health samples 251 coal dust; 24 coal quartz; 74 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 760 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 25 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 5 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 15 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 10 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 — 44 since 2021:** Inspections 147 inspection events and 4K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 0 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 29,611
- **Average employees:** 10
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **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 71.500 — Sanitary toilet facilities at surface work sites; installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.500
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **30 CFR 77.505 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.505
- **30 CFR 77.513 — Insulating mats at power switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.513
- **30 CFR 77.216 — Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.216

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2014-09-22 through 2025-01-27; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-02-08 through 2016-02-08; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 214 rows; 2006-09-06 through 2026-07-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2013-07-31 through 2023-01-24; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 251 rows; 2012-04-27 through 2093-12-12; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 15 rows; 2007-03-22 through 2018-09-28; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2011-11-09 through 2022-06-30; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,273 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 294 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1997-03-01 through 2020-09-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 147 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2026-10-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2 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:** 74 rows; 2012-04-27 through 2026-07-28; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 24 rows; 2015-01-12 through 2025-05-20; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 219 rows; 2006-09-06 through 2026-10-15; 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/tug-fork-preparation-plant-4608626`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/tug-fork-preparation-plant-4608626`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608626/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608626/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608626/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`