# HBME - Burning Springs

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608972
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC
- **Location:** Wood, WV
- **Operator:** H.B. Mellott Estate, Inc.
- **Controller:** Jonathan  Schilowitz
- **Public source rows linked:** 441
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jonathan  Schilowitz (0168101) → H.B. Mellott Estate, Inc. (L00045) → HBME - Burning Springs (4608972)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **H B Mellott Estate Inc → H.B. Mellott Estate, Inc.:** 2002-10-08 through 2022-04-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608972; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jonathan  Schilowitz → H.B. Mellott Estate, Inc.:** 2022-04-05 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608972; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 5
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 10 violation rows across the full record; 2 carry an S&S flag and $965 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 8 samples:** Occupational health samples 8 personal. 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 513 employee hours and 1 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 204 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 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100
- **30 CFR 56.11012 — Protection for openings around travelways.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11012
- **30 CFR 47.32 — HazCom program contents.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-D/section-47.32
- **30 CFR 57.15005 — Safety belts and lines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-N/section-57.15005
- **30 CFR 48.23 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.23
- **30 CFR 57.12013 — Splices and repairs of power cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12013
- **30 CFR 57.16002 — Bins, hoppers, silos, tanks, and surge piles.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-O/section-57.16002
- **30 CFR 62.130 — Permissible exposure level.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.130
- **30 CFR 57.12028 — Testing grounding systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12028
- **30 CFR 57.12008 — Insulation and fittings for power wires and cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12008

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2006-12-22 through 2006-12-22; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 9 rows; 2003-01-28 through 2006-08-15; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2007-01-09 through 2007-01-09; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2005-10-13 through 2005-10-13; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 300 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 66 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2002-10-08 through 2002-10-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 17 rows; 2002-10-23 through 2006-11-27; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 19 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`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Samples:** 8 rows; 2003-01-29 through 2006-08-16; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 10 rows; 2003-01-28 through 2006-08-15; 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/hbme-burning-springs-4608972`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/hbme-burning-springs-4608972`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608972/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608972/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608972/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`