# No. 9

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4608976
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Logan, WV
- **Operator:** Rockhouse Creek Development, LLC
- **Controller:** Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,911
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Sev.en Global Investments a.s. (0158381) → Rockhouse Creek Development, LLC (0135215) → No. 9 (4608976)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **International Industries Inc → Hampden Coal Company, Inc.:** 2002-11-01 through 2007-10-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Resources LLC → Rockhouse Creek Development, LLC:** 2007-10-18 through 2011-04-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **International Industries Inc → Rockhouse Creek Development, LLC:** 2007-10-18 through 2007-07-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Hampden Coal Company, Inc.:** 2011-04-18 through 2007-10-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James River Coal Company → Rockhouse Creek Development, LLC:** 2011-04-18 through 2015-03-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Blackhawk Mining LLC → Rockhouse Creek Development, LLC:** 2015-03-16 through 2020-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sev.en Global Investments a.s. → Rockhouse Creek Development, LLC:** 2020-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4608976; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 16
- 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 4 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 187 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 95 violation rows across the full record; 40 carry an S&S flag and $48,081 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 55 samples:** Occupational health samples 44 coal dust; 1 coal quartz; 10 noise. 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 52 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 24 contested-violation rows, 24 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 7 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 21 inspection events and 681 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 75.901 — Protection of low- and medium-voltage three-phase circuits used underground.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.901
- **30 CFR 75.521 — Lightning arresters; ungrounded and exposed power conductors and telephone wires.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.521
- **30 CFR 77.1103 — Flammable liquids; storage.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1103
- **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 75.900 — Low- and medium-voltage circuits serving three-phase alternating current equipment; circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.900
- **30 CFR 75.606 — Protection of trailing cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-G/section-75.606
- **30 CFR 75.203 — Mining methods.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.203
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 4 rows; 2008-09-30 through 2009-10-12; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-11-01 through 2016-11-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 95 rows; 2007-05-30 through 2012-06-27; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 24 rows; 2010-05-03 through 2013-04-10; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 44 rows; 2008-06-09 through 2008-12-17; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2007-06-14 through 2007-06-24; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 24 rows; 2007-05-30 through 2012-06-27; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,285 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 251 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2002-11-01 through 2015-03-16; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 21 rows; 2007-05-30 through 2013-03-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 38 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`
- **Noise Samples:** 10 rows; 2008-07-14 through 2008-11-13; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1 rows; 2008-12-11 through 2008-12-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 95 rows; 2007-05-30 through 2012-06-27; 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-9-4608976`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-9-4608976`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4608976/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4608976/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4608976/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`