# Mine #5

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608713
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mingo, WV
- **Operator:** Select Mining Inc
- **Controller:** James B  Simpkins
- **Public source rows linked:** 107
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James B  Simpkins (C09464) → Select Mining Inc (P21190) → Mine #5 (4608713)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **J Steven  Cvechko Jr → Central Contracting Inc:** 1998-04-01 through 1998-10-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608713; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James B  Simpkins → Select Mining Inc:** 1998-10-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608713; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 6
- 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 8 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 102 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 12 violation rows across the full record; 6 carry an S&S flag and $1,016 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 42 samples:** Occupational health samples 35 coal dust; 3 coal quartz; 4 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 18 inspection events and 360 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 75.1100-3 — 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 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **30 CFR 75.362 — On-shift examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.362
- **30 CFR 77.701 — Grounding metallic frames, casings, and other enclosures of electric equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-H/section-77.701
- **30 CFR 75.523-2 — Deenergization of self-propelled electric face equipment; performance requirements.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-2
- **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
- **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 75.1725 — 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 75.202 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 8 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2000-04-20; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2003-11-18 through 2003-11-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 11 rows; 2000-02-18 through 2000-05-17; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 35 rows; 2000-01-26 through 2000-05-23; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 1998-04-01 through 1998-10-12; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 18 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2001-01-02; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 2 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 4 rows; 2000-03-20 through 2000-03-20; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 3 rows; 2000-03-15 through 2000-04-20; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 12 rows; 2000-02-18 through 2000-05-17; 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/mine-5-4608713`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-5-4608713`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608713/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608713/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608713/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`