# Plum Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608756
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Preston, WV
- **Operator:** Double H Mining Co Inc
- **Controller:** Terry  Hovatter
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,931
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Terry  Hovatter (C15396) → Double H Mining Co Inc (P23421) → Plum Mine (4608756)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James L  Laurita Jr  et al → Dana Mining Company Inc:** 1999-01-01 through 2003-02-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608756; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas A  Laurita  et al → Dana Mining Company Inc:** 1999-01-01 through 2003-02-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608756; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Randall G  Wilkerson → PC Mining LLC:** 2003-03-01 through 2007-09-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608756; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Terry  Hovatter → Double H Mining Co Inc:** 2007-09-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608756; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 10
- 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 430 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 509 violation rows across the full record; 167 carry an S&S flag and $116,399 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 511 samples:** Occupational health samples 459 coal dust; 18 coal quartz; 34 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — 43 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 8 contested-violation rows, 8 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 27 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 100 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 75.403 — Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.403
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **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 75.1725 — 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 75.503 — 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 75.202 — 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 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722
- **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 75.523-1 — Deenergization of self-propelled electric face equipment installation requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-1

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 14 rows; 2003-12-30 through 2011-06-30; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2013-09-03 through 2013-09-03; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 498 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2012-06-26; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 8 rows; 2011-11-07 through 2012-02-15; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 459 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2012-04-16; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 27 rows; 2004-03-19 through 2016-08-05; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 8 rows; 2010-02-22 through 2010-05-18; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 137 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 19 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1999-01-01 through 2007-09-12; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 100 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2013-01-03; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 76 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 34 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2012-05-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 18 rows; 2000-01-06 through 2011-11-16; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 509 rows; 2000-01-10 through 2012-06-26; 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/plum-mine-4608756`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/plum-mine-4608756`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608756/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608756/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608756/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`