# Mine No 5

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608942
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Fayette, WV
- **Operator:** Frasure Creek Mining LLC
- **Controller:** Essar Minerals Canada Limited
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,151
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Essar Minerals Canada Limited (0102805) → Frasure Creek Mining LLC (P24564) → Mine No 5 (4608942)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Paul E  Stover → D and E Enterprises:** 2002-01-12 through 2005-01-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608942; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David L  Cordill → Lazy J Mining, INC:** 2005-01-04 through 2005-10-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608942; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Douglas M  Epling et al → Hanover Resources, LLC:** 2005-10-12 through 2006-03-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608942; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ollie  Burns et al → Titan Mining, Inc.:** 2006-03-09 through 2009-01-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608942; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Clyde H  McComas et al → Titan Mining, Inc.:** 2006-03-09 through 2009-01-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608942; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth W  Woodring → Frasure Creek Mining LLC:** 2009-01-16 through 2010-04-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608942; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Frasure Creek Mining LLC:** 2009-01-16 through 2008-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608942; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Essar Minerals Canada Limited → Frasure Creek Mining LLC:** 2010-04-07 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608942; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 20
- 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 7 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 561 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 352 violation rows across the full record; 122 carry an S&S flag and $213,583 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 318 samples:** Occupational health samples 286 coal dust; 23 coal quartz; 9 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 62 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 13 contested-violation rows, 13 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 36 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 32 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 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.351 — Atmospheric monitoring systems.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.351
- **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 75.1714-4 — Additional self-contained self-rescuers (SCSRs).** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-R/section-75.1714-4
- **30 CFR 75.1403 — Other safeguards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-O/section-75.1403
- **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 77.1102 — Warning signs; smoking and open flame.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1102
- **30 CFR 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **30 CFR 48.7 — Training of miners assigned to a task in which they have had no previous experience; minimum courses of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-A/section-48.7
- **30 CFR 75.360 — Preshift examination at fixed intervals.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.360

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 7 rows; 2005-08-18 through 2010-02-25; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-06-20 through 2016-06-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 341 rows; 2005-05-16 through 2009-04-28; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 13 rows; 2011-01-05 through 2012-06-26; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 286 rows; 2005-06-10 through 2009-04-27; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 36 rows; 2006-02-03 through 2007-11-26; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 13 rows; 2008-09-03 through 2009-04-15; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 805 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 155 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 2002-01-12 through 2009-01-16; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 32 rows; 2005-01-05 through 2010-02-25; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 56 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 13 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 9 rows; 2008-02-14 through 2008-10-16; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 23 rows; 2005-10-13 through 2009-03-04; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 352 rows; 2005-05-16 through 2009-04-28; 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/mine-no-5-4608942`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-5-4608942`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608942/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608942/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608942/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`