# Coon Cedar Grove Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608837
- **Status:** NonProducing
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Raleigh, WV
- **Operator:** Marfork Coal Company, LLC
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 5,455
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Marfork Coal Company, LLC (P22603) → Coon Cedar Grove Mine (4608837)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Massey Energy Company → Marfork Coal Company, LLC:** 2000-06-01 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608837; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Marfork Coal Company, LLC:** 2011-06-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608837; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Marfork Coal Company, LLC:** 2016-07-26 through 2018-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608837; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Marfork Coal Company, LLC:** 2018-11-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608837; 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 50 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 946 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 145 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 954 violation rows across the full record; 253 carry an S&S flag and $394,282 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,144 coal dust; 55 coal quartz; 63 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 9 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 8K employee hours and 13 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 353 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 160 contested-violation rows, 162 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 31 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 7 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 — 29 since 2021:** Inspections 191 inspection events and 11K 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 75.202 — 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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 75.1714-2 — Self-rescue devices; use and location requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-2
- **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 75.800-4 — 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-I/section-75.800-4
- **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 75.310 — 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 75.1103-5 — Automatic fire warning devices; actions and response.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1103-5
- **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 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 77.400 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.400
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 50 rows; 2001-08-15 through 2020-09-19; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2021-04-02 through 2021-04-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 928 rows; 2001-03-28 through 2026-04-16; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 162 rows; 2004-05-28 through 2024-12-06; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,144 rows; 2001-04-12 through 2026-09-03; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 31 rows; 2001-08-09 through 2020-11-04; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 160 rows; 2007-01-09 through 2024-04-24; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,211 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 249 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2000-06-01 through 2000-06-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 191 rows; 2000-08-07 through 2026-07-02; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 203 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 48 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 63 rows; 2004-11-17 through 2025-08-01; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 55 rows; 2001-04-12 through 2026-09-03; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 954 rows; 2001-03-28 through 2026-09-02; 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/coon-cedar-grove-mine-4608837`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/coon-cedar-grove-mine-4608837`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608837/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608837/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608837/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`