# Poplar Ridge No 1 Deep Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608885
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Webster, WV
- **Operator:** Brooks Run Mining Company LLC
- **Controller:** Pristine Clean Energy LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,116
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Pristine Clean Energy LLC (0137121) → Brooks Run Mining Company LLC (0051081) → Poplar Ridge No 1 Deep Mine (4608885)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **El Paso Energy Corp → Coastal Coal-West Virginia, LLC:** 2001-03-01 through 2003-01-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608885; 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 4608885; 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 4608885; 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 4608885; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 10
- 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 46 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 657 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 490 violation rows across the full record; 101 carry an S&S flag and $161,922 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1K samples:** Occupational health samples 1,006 coal dust; 29 coal quartz; 91 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 38 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 — 216 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 103 contested-violation rows, 103 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 10 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 76 inspection events and 10K 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 45.4 — Independent contractor register.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-45/section-45.4
- **30 CFR 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **30 CFR 75.1101-3 — Water requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1101-3
- **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 75.503 — 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
- **30 CFR 75.363 — Hazardous conditions and violations of mandatory health or safety standards; posting, correcting, and recording.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.363
- **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 75.1100-3 — Condition and examination of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-3
- **30 CFR 75.515 — Cable fittings; suitability.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.515
- **30 CFR 70.204 — Approved sampling devices; maintenance and calibration.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-70/subpart-C/section-70.204
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 46 rows; 2007-06-05 through 2016-06-02; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2015-12-10 through 2015-12-10; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 480 rows; 2006-07-17 through 2015-09-21; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 103 rows; 2008-07-18 through 2016-11-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 1,006 rows; 2007-05-21 through 2015-05-22; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 10 rows; 2007-02-14 through 2012-07-25; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 103 rows; 2007-02-09 through 2015-03-09; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 538 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 98 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2001-03-01 through 2003-02-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 76 rows; 2006-07-03 through 2015-12-11; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 15 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 25 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 91 rows; 2007-10-10 through 2014-12-09; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 29 rows; 2008-04-18 through 2015-04-20; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 490 rows; 2006-07-17 through 2015-09-21; 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/poplar-ridge-no-1-deep-mine-4608885`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/poplar-ridge-no-1-deep-mine-4608885`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608885/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608885/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608885/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`