# No. 4

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609038
- **Status:** Abandoned and Sealed
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Mingo, WV
- **Operator:** Wayco Limited Partnership No. 1
- **Controller:** James O  Bunn; Franklin D  Robertson
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,076
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James O  Bunn; Franklin D  Robertson (C14544) → Wayco Limited Partnership No. 1 (P21850) → No. 4 (4609038)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Carl D  Runyon → Hi-Tech Construction Co Inc:** 2004-05-05 through 2004-08-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609038; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Franklin D  Robertson  et al → Wayco Limited Partnership No. 1:** 2004-08-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609038; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James O  Bunn  et al → Wayco Limited Partnership No. 1:** 2004-08-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609038; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- 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 8 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 538 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 191 violation rows across the full record; 61 carry an S&S flag and $67,539 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 167 samples:** Occupational health samples 162 coal dust; 5 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 — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 47 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 5 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 37 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 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 22 inspection events and 1K 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 50.20 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20
- **30 CFR 75.202 — Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.202
- **30 CFR 75.400 — Accumulation of combustible materials.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-E/section-75.400
- **30 CFR 75.1107-13 — Approval of other fire suppression devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-13
- **30 CFR 77.1104 — Accumulations of combustible materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1104
- **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
- **30 CFR 75.904 — Identification of circuit breakers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-J/section-75.904
- **30 CFR 75.516 — Power wires; support.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-F/section-75.516
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 75.1107-16 — Inspection of fire suppression devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-75/subpart-L/section-75.1107-16

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 8 rows; 2005-01-26 through 2007-08-31; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2010-09-28 through 2010-09-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 190 rows; 2004-12-09 through 2007-07-19; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2007-12-18 through 2008-06-27; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 162 rows; 2004-10-28 through 2007-07-25; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 37 rows; 2007-03-01 through 2007-06-22; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2006-09-05 through 2007-02-12; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 328 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 80 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2004-05-05 through 2004-08-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 22 rows; 2004-09-03 through 2007-10-03; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 30 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 8 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 5 rows; 2005-02-02 through 2007-05-22; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 191 rows; 2004-12-09 through 2007-07-19; 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-4-4609038`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/no-4-4609038`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609038/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609038/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609038/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`