# Copperhead No. 1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608897
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Wyoming, WV
- **Operator:** Richmond Works, Inc.
- **Controller:** Timothy  Lester
- **Public source rows linked:** 816
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Timothy  Lester (C15988) → Richmond Works, Inc. (P24515) → Copperhead No. 1 (4608897)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James E  Trent → Century Energy Corp:** 2001-05-01 through 2002-08-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608897; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William  Reed → C.R.W. Coals, Inc.:** 2002-08-05 through 2006-01-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608897; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James M  Claassen et al → Treasure Coast Coal, LLC.:** 2006-02-01 through 2007-01-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608897; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David M  Guidebeck et al → Treasure Coast Coal, LLC.:** 2006-02-01 through 2007-01-21; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608897; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **MELISSA  CLINE → Glow Worm Coal Company:** 2007-01-22 through 2008-10-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608897; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas W  Lusk → Glow Worm Coal Company:** 2007-01-22 through 2005-01-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608897; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Timothy  Lester → Richmond Works, Inc.:** 2008-10-08 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608897; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 18
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 4 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 28 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 156 violation rows across the full record; 39 carry an S&S flag and $29,445 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 298 samples:** Occupational health samples 266 coal dust; 12 coal quartz; 20 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 5 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 — 19 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 9 contested-violation rows, 9 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 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 59 inspection events and 2K 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 75.1713-7 — 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 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 75.312 — Main mine fan examinations and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.312
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.605 — Clamping of trailing cables to equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.605
- **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 75.512 — 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 75.1100-3 — 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 75.1725 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 4 rows; 2003-06-17 through 2008-04-14; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2009-09-30 through 2009-09-30; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 154 rows; 2002-10-16 through 2008-12-30; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 9 rows; 2010-12-03 through 2010-12-03; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 266 rows; 2003-02-12 through 2009-01-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2006-10-24 through 2006-10-24; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 9 rows; 2008-12-08 through 2008-12-20; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 68 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2001-05-01 through 2008-10-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 59 rows; 2001-06-13 through 2009-08-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 25 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 20 rows; 2003-05-28 through 2005-08-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 12 rows; 2003-08-22 through 2008-12-30; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 156 rows; 2002-10-16 through 2008-12-30; 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/copperhead-no-1-4608897`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/copperhead-no-1-4608897`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608897/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608897/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608897/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`