# Deskins Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608936
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Lignite)
- **Location:** Kanawha, WV
- **Operator:** Remington LLC
- **Controller:** Patriot Coal Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,317
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Patriot Coal Corporation (0071611) → Remington LLC (0051510) → Deskins Mine (4608936)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Chris  Cline → Wildcat Coal Company, Inc.:** 2001-12-10 through 2006-05-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608936; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Magnum Coal Company → Remington LLC:** 2006-05-10 through 2008-07-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608936; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Patriot Coal Corporation → Remington LLC:** 2008-07-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608936; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 8
- 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 16 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 224 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 346 violation rows across the full record; 110 carry an S&S flag and $139,286 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 356 samples:** Occupational health samples 326 coal dust; 10 coal quartz; 20 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 10 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 — 192 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 91 contested-violation rows, 91 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 10 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 17 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 75.904 — 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 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 75.1504 — Mine emergency evacuation training and drills.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-P/section-75.1504
- **30 CFR 48.9 — Records of training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-A/section-48.9
- **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 75.380 — 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 75.1700 — Oil and gas wells.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1700
- **30 CFR 75.604 — Permanent splicing of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.604
- **30 CFR 75.342 — Methane monitors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.342
- **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 75.1725 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 16 rows; 2007-07-05 through 2009-04-20; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2009-09-18 through 2009-09-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 337 rows; 2006-10-18 through 2009-03-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 91 rows; 2007-12-04 through 2012-09-07; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 326 rows; 2006-12-11 through 2009-03-12; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 10 rows; 2007-02-26 through 2007-12-20; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 91 rows; 2007-03-06 through 2009-03-05; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 22 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2001-12-10 through 2006-05-10; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 17 rows; 2006-10-18 through 2009-08-11; 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:** 5 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 20 rows; 2007-11-27 through 2008-11-19; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 10 rows; 2006-12-21 through 2009-03-12; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 346 rows; 2006-10-18 through 2009-03-23; 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/deskins-mine-4608936`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/deskins-mine-4608936`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608936/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608936/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608936/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`