# Sugar Camp Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608745
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Nicholas, WV
- **Operator:** Alex Energy Inc
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,905
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Alex Energy Inc (P24027) → Sugar Camp Mine (4608745)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Massey Energy Company → Alex Energy Inc:** 1998-12-01 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608745; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Alex Energy Inc:** 2011-06-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608745; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Alex Energy Inc:** 2016-07-26 through 2018-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608745; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Alex Energy Inc:** 2018-11-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608745; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 9
- 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 18 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 390 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 237 violation rows across the full record; 79 carry an S&S flag and $34,076 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 388 samples:** Occupational health samples 335 coal dust; 24 coal quartz; 29 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 11 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 — 9 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 4 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 5 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 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 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.370 — Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.370
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **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 75.220 — Roof control plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.220
- **30 CFR 75.701 — 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-75/subpart-H/section-75.701
- **30 CFR 75.501 — Permissible electric face equipment; coal seams above water table.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.501

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 18 rows; 2000-03-30 through 2003-05-28; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2010-01-20 through 2010-01-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 232 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2003-02-06; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 4 rows; 2003-03-17 through 2003-05-15; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 335 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2003-05-13; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 5 rows; 2001-11-27 through 2002-11-18; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 760 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 98 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1998-12-01 through 1998-12-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 56 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2003-04-28; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 95 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 29 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2001-11-29; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 24 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2003-01-22; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 237 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2003-02-06; 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/sugar-camp-mine-4608745`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/sugar-camp-mine-4608745`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608745/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608745/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608745/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`