# Barrackville Refuse Pile

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609050
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Marion, WV
- **Operator:** LP Mineral, LLC
- **Controller:** Thomas A  Laurita; James L  Laurita Jr
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,972
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Thomas A  Laurita; James L  Laurita Jr (C12488) → LP Mineral, LLC (0059543) → Barrackville Refuse Pile (4609050)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Thomas A  Laurita  et al → Coresco, Inc.:** 2004-06-01 through 2005-01-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609050; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L  Laurita Jr  et al → Coresco, Inc.:** 2004-06-01 through 2005-01-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609050; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jimmy  Laurita Jr et al → LP Mineral, LLC:** 2005-01-11 through 2019-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609050; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gerald  Peacock et al → LP Mineral, LLC:** 2005-01-11 through 2019-05-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609050; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James L  Laurita Jr  et al → LP Mineral, LLC:** 2019-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609050; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Thomas A  Laurita  et al → LP Mineral, LLC:** 2019-06-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609050; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 11
- 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 — 4 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 8 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 209 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 9 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 38 violation rows across the full record; 8 carry an S&S flag and $5,424 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 471 samples:** Occupational health samples 330 coal dust; 13 coal quartz; 128 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 12 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 — 42K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 6K employee hours and 12 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 — 18 since 2021:** Inspections 68 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 166,506 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 33,594
- **Average employees:** 15
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Northern
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 71.209 — Status change reports.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-C/section-71.209
- **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
- **30 CFR 77.502-2 — Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-F/section-77.502-2
- **30 CFR 48.25 — Training of new miners; minimum courses of instruction; hours of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.25
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.206 — Ladders; construction; installation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.206
- **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 77.208 — Storage of materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.208
- **30 CFR 77.207 — Illumination.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.207

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 8 rows; 2013-11-21 through 2026-05-27; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2022-04-04 through 2022-04-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 38 rows; 2005-09-20 through 2024-11-12; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2010-11-15 through 2010-11-15; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 330 rows; 2005-05-18 through 2026-09-29; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2010-03-02 through 2010-03-02; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,008 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 224 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2004-06-01 through 2005-01-11; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 68 rows; 2005-05-18 through 2026-10-01; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 85 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 22 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 128 rows; 2005-05-18 through 2025-11-13; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 13 rows; 2005-09-19 through 2024-10-09; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 38 rows; 2005-09-20 through 2024-11-12; 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/barrackville-refuse-pile-4609050`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/barrackville-refuse-pile-4609050`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609050/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609050/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609050/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`