# No 4 Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608850
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mcdowell, WV
- **Operator:** Blue Haven Energy Inc
- **Controller:** Howard Russell  Morris
- **Public source rows linked:** 988
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Howard Russell  Morris (C14989) → Blue Haven Energy Inc (P24293) → No 4 Mine (4608850)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Richard F  Baugh → Corbadd Inc:** 2000-08-01 through 2001-03-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608850; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Howard Russell  Morris → Blue Haven Energy Inc:** 2001-03-29 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608850; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 6
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 4 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 336 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 213 violation rows across the full record; 101 carry an S&S flag and $28,748 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 394 samples:** Occupational health samples 349 coal dust; 30 coal quartz; 15 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 — 35K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 11K employee hours and 20 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 17 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 17 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 71 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 75.523 — Electric face equipment; deenergization.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523
- **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 75.523-3 — Automatic emergency-parking brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.523-3
- **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
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **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
- **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 75.220 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 4 rows; 2002-10-30 through 2005-03-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2010-02-17 through 2010-02-17; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 207 rows; 2000-11-02 through 2005-06-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 349 rows; 2000-11-29 through 2005-08-24; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 17 rows; 2001-02-06 through 2005-03-24; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 50 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2000-08-01 through 2001-03-29; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 71 rows; 2000-09-20 through 2005-05-03; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 15 rows; 2003-04-03 through 2005-01-25; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 30 rows; 2000-11-29 through 2005-01-25; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 213 rows; 2000-11-02 through 2005-06-23; 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/no-4-mine-4608850`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-4-mine-4608850`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608850/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608850/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608850/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`