# Ewing Fork No. 1 Surface Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609026
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Raleigh, WV
- **Operator:** Republic Energy LLC
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 6,420
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc (0127321) → Republic Energy LLC (0103985) → Ewing Fork No. 1 Surface Mine (4609026)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Rag Aktiengesellschaft → Simmons Fork Mining, Inc.:** 2004-02-20 through 2006-04-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609026; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Foundation Coal Corporation → Simmons Fork Mining, Inc.:** 2006-04-28 through 2009-07-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609026; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Simmons Fork Mining, Inc.:** 2009-07-31 through 2014-04-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609026; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Pioneer Fuel Corporation:** 2014-04-04 through 2015-01-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609026; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Foundation Coal Corporation → Pioneer Fuel Corporation:** 2014-04-04 through 2009-07-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609026; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rag Aktiengesellschaft → Pioneer Fuel Corporation:** 2014-04-04 through 2004-07-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609026; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Republic Energy Inc.:** 2015-01-06 through 2016-01-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609026; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Republic Energy Inc.:** 2015-01-06 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609026; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Pioneer Fuel:** 2016-01-25 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609026; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Foundation Coal Corporation → Pioneer Fuel:** 2016-01-25 through 2009-07-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609026; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rag Aktiengesellschaft → Pioneer Fuel:** 2016-01-25 through 2004-07-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609026; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Republic Energy Inc.:** 2016-07-26 through 2016-01-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609026; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Pioneer Fuel Corporation:** 2016-07-26 through 2015-01-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609026; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Pioneer Fuel:** 2016-07-26 through 2018-11-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609026; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Republic Energy Inc.:** 2018-11-09 through 2016-01-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609026; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. → Republic Energy LLC:** 2018-11-27 through 2016-07-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609026; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc → Republic Energy LLC:** 2018-11-27 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609026; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc → Republic Energy LLC:** 2018-11-27 through 2018-11-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609026; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Massey Energy Company → Republic Energy LLC:** 2018-11-27 through 2011-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609026; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 19
- Typed edges: 35
- Interval anomalies: 11
- 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 — 17 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 56 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,970 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 40 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 184 violation rows across the full record; 71 carry an S&S flag and $62,420 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 765 samples:** Occupational health samples 617 coal dust; 43 coal quartz; 105 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 9 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 — 226K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 70K employee hours and 111 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 40 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 15 contested-violation rows, 15 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 10 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 31 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 — 23 since 2021:** Inspections 81 inspection events and 5K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 364,587 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 131,384
- **Average employees:** 52
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **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 77.412 — Compressed air systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.412

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 56 rows; 2005-04-10 through 2026-08-24; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2015-04-23 through 2015-04-23; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 179 rows; 2004-12-08 through 2025-02-03; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 15 rows; 2006-03-23 through 2022-09-14; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 617 rows; 2004-12-14 through 2026-09-28; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 10 rows; 2006-12-06 through 2018-07-09; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 15 rows; 2005-11-07 through 2022-04-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 4,102 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 844 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 19 rows; 2004-02-20 through 2018-11-27; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 81 rows; 2004-06-24 through 2026-06-26; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 125 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 23 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 105 rows; 2009-03-04 through 2026-03-26; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 43 rows; 2013-08-27 through 2026-08-31; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 184 rows; 2004-12-08 through 2025-02-03; 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/ewing-fork-no-1-surface-mine-4609026`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/ewing-fork-no-1-surface-mine-4609026`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609026/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609026/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609026/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`