# Europa Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608798
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Boone, WV
- **Operator:** I O Coal Company, LLC
- **Controller:** Patriot Coal Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 6,829
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Patriot Coal Corporation (0071611) → I O Coal Company, LLC (P24251) → Europa Mine (4608798)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Chris  Cline → I O Coal Company, LLC:** 1999-09-01 through 2003-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608798; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Timothy G Elliott → I O Coal Company, LLC:** 2003-04-01 through 2006-03-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608798; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Magnum Coal Company → I O Coal Company, LLC:** 2006-03-18 through 2008-07-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608798; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → I O Coal Company, LLC:** 2008-07-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608798; 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 126 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 5,239 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,524 violation rows across the full record; 587 carry an S&S flag and $1,335,178 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,268 coal dust; 58 coal quartz; 50 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 15 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 460 employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 792 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 360 contested-violation rows, 377 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 55 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 8 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 89 inspection events and 9K 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 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 75.601-1 — Short circuit protection; ratings and settings of circuit breakers.** (6 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.601-1
- **30 CFR 75.1106-3 — Storage of liquefied and nonliquefied compressed gas cylinders; requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1106-3
- **30 CFR 75.1403 — Other safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403
- **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 75.511 — Low-, medium-, or high-voltage distribution circuits and equipment; repair.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.511

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 126 rows; 2001-09-17 through 2009-03-06; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2009-08-17 through 2009-08-17; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,493 rows; 2001-08-28 through 2009-05-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 377 rows; 2006-07-24 through 2012-12-17; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,268 rows; 2001-09-26 through 2030-09-29; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 55 rows; 2002-03-06 through 2008-02-08; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 360 rows; 2005-09-01 through 2009-04-30; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,103 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 223 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1999-09-01 through 1999-09-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 89 rows; 2001-01-14 through 2009-07-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 80 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 50 rows; 2003-03-26 through 2008-05-28; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 58 rows; 2001-10-24 through 2008-09-09; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,524 rows; 2001-08-28 through 2009-05-05; 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/europa-mine-4608798`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/europa-mine-4608798`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608798/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608798/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608798/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`