# Mine No 4A West

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608823
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Webster, WV
- **Operator:** Brooks Run Mining Company LLC
- **Controller:** Pristine Clean Energy LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 210
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Pristine Clean Energy LLC (0137121) → Brooks Run Mining Company LLC (0051081) → Mine No 4A West (4608823)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Thomas G  Toler → D & K Coal Company Inc:** 2000-03-01 through 2001-05-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608823; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **El Paso Energy Corp → Coastal Coal-West Virginia, LLC:** 2001-05-25 through 2003-01-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608823; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Brooks Run Mining Company LLC:** 2003-02-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608823; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Brooks Run Mining Company LLC:** 2016-07-26 through 2017-10-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608823; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pristine Clean Energy LLC → Brooks Run Mining Company LLC:** 2017-10-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608823; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 13
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 28 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 56 violation rows across the full record; 18 carry an S&S flag and $8,748 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 0 samples:** Occupational health samples No published samples. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 7 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 35 inspection events and 972 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 75.370 — 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 75.360 — 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 75.202 — 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 75.364 — 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 41.20 — Legal identity report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-C/section-41.20
- **30 CFR 75.1714-3 — Self-rescue devices; inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and recordkeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-3
- **30 CFR 75.335 — Seal strengths, design applications, and installation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.335
- **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 75.1502 — Mine emergency evacuation and firefighting program of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1502
- **30 CFR 75.1202-1 — Temporary notations, revisions, and supplements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1202-1
- **30 CFR 75.1713-7 — First-aid equipment; location; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1713-7
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2000-08-05 through 2000-08-05; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2004-11-09 through 2004-11-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 53 rows; 2000-07-06 through 2004-06-06; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2005-11-23 through 2005-11-23; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 7 rows; 2003-04-24 through 2004-09-02; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2004-06-06 through 2004-06-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2000-03-01 through 2003-02-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 35 rows; 2000-05-10 through 2004-09-13; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 42 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Violations:** 56 rows; 2000-07-06 through 2004-06-06; 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/mine-no-4a-west-4608823`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-4a-west-4608823`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608823/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608823/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608823/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`