# Mine No 4

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609002
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mingo, WV
- **Operator:** Frasure Creek Mining LLC
- **Controller:** Essar Minerals Canada Limited
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,479
- **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 4 (4609002)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Open Fork Mining LLC:** 2003-08-15 through 2005-03-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609002; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Frasure Creek Mining LLC:** 2005-03-25 through 2008-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609002; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth W  Woodring → Frasure Creek Mining LLC:** 2008-11-01 through 2010-04-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609002; 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 4609002; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 10
- 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 22 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2,876 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 233 violation rows across the full record; 164 carry an S&S flag and $108,650 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 60 samples:** Occupational health samples 41 coal dust; 3 coal quartz; 16 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 2 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 — 25 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 12 contested-violation rows, 12 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 33 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 — 1 since 2021:** Inspections 45 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 48.29 — Records of training.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.29
- **30 CFR 48.31 — Hazard training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.31
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (5 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 22 rows; 2004-07-19 through 2010-03-25; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-03-27 through 2024-03-27; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 223 rows; 2004-06-28 through 2011-05-31; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 12 rows; 2008-09-02 through 2013-09-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 41 rows; 2004-06-24 through 2009-09-24; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2008-03-05 through 2008-03-05; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 12 rows; 2007-09-12 through 2011-05-31; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,370 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 426 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2003-08-15 through 2005-03-25; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 45 rows; 2004-06-18 through 2024-03-28; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 60 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 9 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 16 rows; 2004-09-27 through 2010-06-15; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 3 rows; 2005-05-18 through 2005-07-11; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 233 rows; 2004-06-28 through 2011-10-17; 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-4-4609002`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/mine-no-4-4609002`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609002/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609002/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609002/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`