# MINE FOUR LLC

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608812
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mingo, WV
- **Operator:** MINE FOUR LLC
- **Controller:** Rufus W West; Joe  Valis
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,081
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Rufus W West; Joe  Valis (0098893) → MINE FOUR LLC (0151854) → MINE FOUR LLC (4608812)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Harry M  Hylton → Patton Inc:** 1999-11-01 through 2001-02-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608812; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kennith  Layne et al → Kencole Equipment Inc:** 2001-02-23 through 2007-04-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608812; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert  Helton → KWV Operations LLC:** 2007-04-11 through 2008-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608812; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Carl  Kirk et al → Marshall Mining Incorporated:** 2008-11-01 through 2010-04-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608812; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert  Helton → KWV Operations, LLC:** 2010-04-28 through 2011-02-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608812; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rufus W West et al → Glen Alum Operations, LLC:** 2011-02-07 through 2017-05-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608812; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joe  Valis et al → Glen Alum Operations, LLC:** 2011-02-07 through 2017-05-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608812; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Joe  Valis et al → MINE FOUR LLC:** 2017-05-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608812; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rufus W West et al → MINE FOUR LLC:** 2017-05-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608812; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 22
- 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 27 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2,008 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 701 violation rows across the full record; 287 carry an S&S flag and $911,358 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 477 samples:** Occupational health samples 419 coal dust; 27 coal quartz; 31 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 — 620 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 305 contested-violation rows, 305 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 10 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 — 1 since 2021:** Inspections 126 inspection events and 5K 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 75.159 — Records of certified and qualified persons.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-B/section-75.159
- **30 CFR 75.900-4 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; record.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.900-4
- **30 CFR 75.364 — Weekly examination.** (6 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.364
- **30 CFR 75.333 — Ventilation controls.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.333
- **30 CFR 75.380 — Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.380

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 27 rows; 2000-09-14 through 2013-07-18; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-03-28 through 2024-03-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 676 rows; 2000-08-31 through 2014-10-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 305 rows; 2010-11-19 through 2014-09-23; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 419 rows; 2000-08-31 through 2013-07-31; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 10 rows; 2005-10-04 through 2013-05-24; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 305 rows; 2009-01-13 through 2012-05-14; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 187 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 37 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 1999-11-01 through 2017-05-30; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 126 rows; 2000-06-06 through 2024-03-27; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 189 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 30 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 31 rows; 2005-08-31 through 2013-07-31; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 27 rows; 2000-08-31 through 2012-04-10; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 701 rows; 2000-08-31 through 2014-10-23; 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-four-llc-4608812`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-four-llc-4608812`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608812/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608812/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608812/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`