# No 4

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608902
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mingo, WV
- **Operator:** Laurel Creek Company Inc
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,547
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (0041211) → Laurel Creek Company Inc (P23152) → No 4 (4608902)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Rag Aktiengesellschaft → Laurel Creek Company Inc:** 2001-06-01 through 2004-07-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608902; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Foundation Coal Corporation → Laurel Creek Company Inc:** 2004-07-30 through 2009-07-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608902; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Laurel Creek Company Inc:** 2009-07-31 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608902; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- 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 28 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 692 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 158 violation rows across the full record; 46 carry an S&S flag and $24,083 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 484 samples:** Occupational health samples 425 coal dust; 39 coal quartz; 20 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 11 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 — 17 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 5 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 7 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 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 54 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 75.1505 — Escapeway maps.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1505
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.1100-2 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1100-2
- **30 CFR 75.1200 — Mine map.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1200
- **30 CFR 75.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.904
- **30 CFR 77.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-J/section-77.904
- **30 CFR 75.1403-8 — Criteria—Track haulage roads.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403-8
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1722 — Mechanical equipment guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1722
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 28 rows; 2002-04-09 through 2007-05-04; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2008-08-05 through 2008-08-05; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 151 rows; 2002-04-15 through 2008-03-07; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2007-02-16 through 2008-12-17; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 425 rows; 2002-05-01 through 2008-03-26; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 7 rows; 2003-09-10 through 2006-08-22; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2006-05-16 through 2007-12-12; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 491 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 93 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2001-06-01 through 2001-06-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 54 rows; 2002-03-19 through 2008-06-06; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 52 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 20 rows; 2003-06-04 through 2007-10-23; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 39 rows; 2002-05-30 through 2008-03-26; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 158 rows; 2002-04-15 through 2008-03-07; 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-4-4608902`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-4-4608902`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608902/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608902/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608902/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`