# Laurel Fork Deep Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608836
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Kanawha, WV
- **Operator:** Panther Creek Mining, LLC.
- **Controller:** Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,954
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Sev.en Global Investments a.s. (0158381) → Panther Creek Mining, LLC. (0141673) → Laurel Fork Deep Mine (4608836)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Ashland Inc et al → Catenary Coal Company:** 2000-06-01 through 2000-09-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dennis G  Cook → P I T A Mining Inc:** 2000-09-23 through 2001-07-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ashland Inc et al → Catenary Coal Company:** 2001-07-27 through 2001-11-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ollie  Burns et al → Titan Mining, Inc.:** 2001-11-27 through 2016-01-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Clyde H  McComas et al → Titan Mining, Inc.:** 2001-11-27 through 2016-01-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Magnum Coal Company → Catenary Coal Company:** 2005-12-31 through 2000-09-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Magnum Coal Company → Catenary Coal Company:** 2005-12-31 through 2001-11-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Catenary Coal Company:** 2008-07-23 through 2000-09-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Catenary Coal Company:** 2008-07-23 through 2001-11-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Panther Creek Mining, LLC.:** 2016-02-01 through 2020-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Panther Creek Mining, LLC.:** 2020-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608836; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 11
- Typed edges: 23
- Interval anomalies: 4
- 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 35 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 1,005 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 292 violation rows across the full record; 174 carry an S&S flag and $59,339 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 405 samples:** Occupational health samples 378 coal dust; 17 coal quartz; 10 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 3K employee hours and 5 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 38 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 5 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 28 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 6 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 76 inspection events and 3K 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 75.1711 — Sealing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1711
- **30 CFR 75.310 — Installation of main mine fans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.310
- **30 CFR 75.512-2 — Frequency of examinations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.512-2
- **30 CFR 77.800-1 — Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; procedures.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-I/section-77.800-1
- **30 CFR 75.320 — Air quality detectors and measurement devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.320
- **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 75.1107-16 — Inspection of fire suppression devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-16
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **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 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 35 rows; 2000-11-15 through 2006-06-08; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2008-03-31 through 2008-03-31; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 287 rows; 2000-11-22 through 2008-03-11; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2004-03-08 through 2004-03-08; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 378 rows; 2000-11-30 through 2006-10-12; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 28 rows; 2001-04-03 through 2007-03-01; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2002-10-30 through 2003-07-30; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 590 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 122 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 11 rows; 2000-06-01 through 2016-02-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 76 rows; 2000-08-08 through 2008-03-11; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 75 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 21 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 10 rows; 2002-01-31 through 2006-01-23; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 17 rows; 2001-01-31 through 2006-07-17; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 292 rows; 2000-11-22 through 2008-03-11; 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/laurel-fork-deep-mine-4608836`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/laurel-fork-deep-mine-4608836`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608836/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608836/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608836/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`