# Essex Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609006
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Kanawha, WV
- **Operator:** Siata, LLC
- **Controller:** Parkstone Energy LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 725
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Parkstone Energy LLC (0057209) → Siata, LLC (0050162) → Essex Mine (4609006)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James M  Smith → Siata Equipment Company:** 2003-09-29 through 2003-12-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609006; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jimmie R  Ryan et al → West-Burg Mining, Inc.:** 2003-12-29 through 2004-08-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609006; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **B Douglas  Divita → Divita Coal Co:** 2004-08-09 through 2005-08-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609006; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **B Douglas  Divita → Maptona, Inc.:** 2005-08-17 through 2006-02-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609006; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James M  Smith → Siata, LLC:** 2006-02-17 through 2006-02-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609006; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Parkstone Energy LLC → Siata Equipment Company:** 2006-02-17 through 2003-12-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609006; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Parkstone Energy LLC → Siata, LLC:** 2006-02-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609006; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 17
- 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 8 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 682 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 65 violation rows across the full record; 31 carry an S&S flag and $9,552 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 110 samples:** Occupational health samples 103 coal dust; 7 coal quartz. 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 — 5K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 5K employee hours and 25 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 23 inspection events and 581 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 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 75.312 — Main mine fan examinations and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-D/section-75.312
- **30 CFR 75.503 — Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.503
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1200 — Mine map.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-M/section-75.1200
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 8 rows; 2004-02-15 through 2006-01-09; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2006-04-01 through 2006-04-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 61 rows; 2004-02-22 through 2005-12-21; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 103 rows; 2004-02-03 through 2006-01-19; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 391 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 32 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2003-09-29 through 2006-02-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 23 rows; 2003-12-11 through 2006-01-05; 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:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 7 rows; 2004-02-24 through 2006-01-19; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 65 rows; 2004-02-22 through 2005-12-21; 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/essex-mine-4609006`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/essex-mine-4609006`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609006/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609006/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609006/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`