# River Fork Powellton #1

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608914
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Raleigh, WV
- **Operator:** Marfork Coal Company, Inc.
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 879
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Marfork Coal Company, Inc. (P22603) → River Fork Powellton #1 (4608914)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Massey Energy Company → Performance Coal Company:** 2001-06-01 through 2005-02-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608914; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Marfork Coal Company, Inc.:** 2005-02-07 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608914; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Performance Coal Company:** 2011-06-01 through 2005-02-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608914; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Marfork Coal Company, Inc.:** 2011-06-01 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608914; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Marfork Coal Company, Inc.:** 2016-07-26 through 2018-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608914; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Performance Coal Company:** 2016-07-26 through 2005-02-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608914; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Marfork Coal Company, Inc.:** 2018-11-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608914; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 15
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 12 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 242 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 161 violation rows across the full record; 51 carry an S&S flag and $62,027 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 194 samples:** Occupational health samples 180 coal dust; 14 coal quartz. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 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 652 employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 65 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 27 contested-violation rows, 27 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 11 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 16 inspection events and 1K 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 75.388 — Boreholes in advance of mining.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.388
- **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 75.363 — 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 75.807 — Installation of high-voltage transmission cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-I/section-75.807
- **30 CFR 75.517 — Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.517
- **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
- **30 CFR 75.1107-4 — Automatic fire sensors and manual actuators; installation; minimum requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-4
- **30 CFR 75.208 — Warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.208
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 12 rows; 2005-05-18 through 2007-03-20; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2007-04-16 through 2007-04-16; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 153 rows; 2005-03-23 through 2007-05-03; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 27 rows; 2007-02-13 through 2012-03-07; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 180 rows; 2004-08-05 through 2007-02-21; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 11 rows; 2005-08-16 through 2006-09-22; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 27 rows; 2006-05-23 through 2007-05-21; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 197 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 31 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2001-06-01 through 2005-02-07; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 16 rows; 2005-03-09 through 2007-03-21; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 35 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`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 14 rows; 2005-06-06 through 2006-07-31; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 161 rows; 2005-03-23 through 2007-05-03; 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/river-fork-powellton-1-4608914`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/river-fork-powellton-1-4608914`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608914/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608914/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608914/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`